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From the esteemed Professor Victor Davis Hanson his perceptions the Ukraine Conflict.

From "Zero Hedge" via Townhall.com. THURSDAY, MAR 17, 2022 - 

"Victor Davis Hanson: 10 Realities Of Ukraine"

Cut to the chase key points as extracted from the VDH article:

"cut to the chase: slang - - To reach the most important points quickly. This phrase is often used as an imperative."

* "One -- Reassuring an enemy what one will not do ensures that the enemy will do just that and more."

See further the comments of Tony Blair: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/tony-blair-promising-not-have-nuclear-world-war-russia-strange-tactic

* "Two -- No-fly zones don't work in a big-power, symmetrical standoff." 

* "Three -- Europe, NATO members, and Germany in particular have de facto admitted that their past decades of shutting down nuclear plants, coal mines, and oil and gas fields have left Europe at the mercy of Russia."

* "Four -- China is now pro-Russian."

* "Five -- Americans are finally digesting just how destructive the humiliating flight from Afghanistan was."

Putin only decided to act when he observed American lack of resolve and plain old underhandedness in Afghan? Weakness was perceived.

* "Six -- The Ukraine war did not cause inflation and record gas prices. Both were already spiking by early February 2022."

* "Seven -- Putin did not invade during the Trump tenure, although he had been more aggressive under previous American leadership with his prior attacks on Georgia, Ukraine, and Crimea."

* "Eight -- It is not 'escalation' to send arms to Ukraine."

* "Nine -- Putin may never fully absorb Ukraine as long as it can easily be supplied across its borders by four NATO countries." 

This is the never-ending partisan warfare insurgency scenario. Ukraine never surrenders.

* "Ten -- It is not 'un-American' to point out that prior American appeasement under the Obama and the Biden Administrations explains not why Putin wished to go into Ukraine, but why he felt he could." 

PROFESSOR HANSON HIS SPECIALTY THE CLASSICAL PERIOD [GREECE AND ROME] WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HOW WARFARE WAS CONDUCTED DURING THAT ERA. VERTIES OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE AND THE WAGING OF WAR BASICALLY THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY? WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE PROFESSOR?

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