> Putin's domestic power base will not let him suffer a defeat. Too bad though, don't start wars man. No one is going to throw you a bone if you start a war t

> Putin's domestic power base will not let him suffer a defeat. Too bad though, don't start wars man. No one is going to throw you a bone if you start a war that no one else wants happening. If you star a war, you need to be able to finish it. It's like that Seinfeld line about the car reservation, except wars. You don't get points for being scary, you get points for winning. > This is a worse security outcome for the U.S. than having a hostile dictator in charge of Russia; I disagree... bigger picture we don't want this kind of thing festering, it never works out well. It's not managable, despite people acting like these things can be managed. They can't, and that's why we're seeing this situation. Similar to Hamas in Gaza. It was left to fester, thought it had more clout and power than it did, and look what happened. Nothing good. > The Soviet Union did just that 35 years ago, and it could easily happen again this generation. Russia is going to fall apart, we're going to be left with Muscovy, God willing.