Agree with you 100%! Great stuff! However, if the U.S. / U.K. / France / Germany and Israel had a mind to it they would crush Russia and China. I believe Putin and Xi understand that too. Absolutely, they would be the ones doing the crushing in the first year. But they can't start a war that won't end quickly because again, in the long term, they would lose. So, IMO, it isn't about whether Russia would win in Ukraine, you've argued that perfectly. The question is how does Russia do it and get the U.S. to resign in the middle game? Putin is biding his time. Has been for a long time. They're just waiting. All you say is true. We're just one blunder away from making it happen.