The UK declared war on Nazi Germany for its invasion of Poland. This time we're standing back, worried of nuclear war. In effect nuclear weapons may have protec

The UK declared war on Nazi Germany for its invasion of Poland. This time we're standing back, worried of nuclear war. In effect nuclear weapons may have protected Ukraine, and in hindsight the Budapest memorandum may have been a bad deal for them. But nuclear weapons in the hands of a mafia state, has held the world captive while Ukraine is murdered and raped. Nuclear proliferation will begin again. The Nuclear non-Proliferation Treat is dead. This will significantly increase the chances of a nuclear conflict at some point in humanity's future. The UN and Geneva Conventions institutional system of international law is dissolving. Russia won't be held to account, they cannot be kicked out of the UN. China assisting Russia contrary to the Charter, and India appears poised to take Russia's side as well. I doubt the West has the stomach for the secondary sanctions on China and/or India that would be required to bring them into compliance with international law. No more iphones for years, literally. All kinds of cheap products and services, would take many years to replicate production capacity elsewhere. Prices would sky rocket for a time. The initial shock of this much inflation would mean many lost American jobs. More pressure to automate. I do not see a very good future because of what Russia has done, and how limited we are to do anything about it.