> A convincing display of Pentagon-style "shock and awe", just as Putin was anticipating quick, easy victory, could have stopped the entire invasion in its

> A convincing display of Pentagon-style "shock and awe", just as Putin was anticipating quick, easy victory, could have stopped the entire invasion in its tracks. And sparked an exchange of tactical battlefield nukes? My goodness, the naive bluster of the sanguine left is sometimes a bit much in the Guardian. Quietly arming Ukraine with javelins and stingers was the best move on the board.