Whether it’s a direct confrontation of superpowers is absolutely still in the air. This can be constrained to proxies. (And from there, avoiding a proxy contest going nuclear. Non-proxy conflicts like Israel-Iran and India-Pakistan are out of our control on the nuclear front.)
> West is going to wish it had done more to help Ukraine, there was a window of opportunity that may have prevented what we're going to be in for
Yes. Unfortunately it seems that the temptation of appeasement isn’t a lesson learned long.
I agree though, that the west should have done far more to help Ukraine.
Whether that works time will tell.
What is certain however, is the number of the dead and the destruction of Ukraine.
"We're unwillingly and blindly stepping into a war, we should have done more war!"
Maybe we should have done less war and less talking about war, don't you think? Talked more with Russia (let alone not provoke it into a confrontation for an entire decade- ask Victoria "fuck the EU" Nuland), built up clear and safe and agreed boundaries, etc.
Who is “we”?
> Talked more with Russia (let alone not provoke it into a confrontation for an entire decade- ask Victoria "fuck the EU" Nuland), built up clear and safe and agreed boundaries, etc.
You realise that there were talks with Russia, including on “clear and safe and agreed boundaries”, right? Russia was a guarantor in the Minsk and Budapest memoranda. As for your point in the middle, it really is strange that smaller countries want to escape Russia’s sphere of influence, considering what they do to their neighbours in Moldova and Georgia, to name but two examples. Never mind Chechnya and now, of course, Ukraine. Russia’s behaviour is the main driving force towards NATO and the EU in Eastern Europe.
You are repeating bullshit propaganda.
You do bad economically for too many people and you end up with a right wing government. You do well ... well, you get it.
