Why Can’t a Russian be more like an Iranian?
“Four years into this war which, considering the force comparisons, should have been settled in the first six months, it’s clear that the Russian leadership decided from the start not to fight a war to the conclusive military end.
“If the Kremlin wanted a national victory for Russia, Zelensky and his entire gang would be finished, one way or another. Life in the Ukraine, except on the most hand-to-mouth level, would be impossible. The Europeans would be dealing with mass power outages.”