Meanwhile, back at the war...

"We continue to stay on the precipice of somebody doing something very stupid over there. Like - letting the nuclear genie out of the bottle. If that happens, we will be in new territory, with very few exit ramps."  

ICYMI - Slo Joe is over in Europe right now, meeting with our G-7 allies. Showing the flag, so to speak. A bit of a pep talk. You see, the folks over in Europe right now are almost on the front lines. Way, way too close to Mother Russia. And things in Ukraine are going from bad to worse. 

First the good news. British intel is showing the Russians are running out of just about everything - everything needed to sustain their war effort. Lots of body bags, lots of destroyed armor, lots of lost aircraft, and a fair number of ships being sunk. I mean come on folks! This is Russia we are talking about! Going up against a far inferior army like Ukraine? Take away the nukes, and a fight between NATO and Russia would be a turkey shoot. 

Now the bad news. Russia is using the much dreaded thermobaric weapon on targets in Ukraine. These are nasty things, which can kill in the most horrible way. Why are the Russians using these types of weapons? They have little choice. This "slugfest" with the Ukrainian Army is proving very costly to both sides. It is a war of attrition, and Russia cannot afford to "attrit" much longer. 

Back to the good news. United States supplied Harpoon missiles have proven to be very effective for Ukraine. It has taken the Black Sea fleet, and pushed it way back, out of effective range of the Harpoon. President Zelenskyy is convinced if the Russian fleet were closer, they would be raining hell down on port cities like Odessa. Again, the Ukrainians have taken out a lot of Russian ships, even though Ukraine has not put one of their own ships to sea. When this war is over, that should be one of the major tag lines.

Now the real bad news. Putin has promised the nut ball who is charge of Belarus, Iskander - M missiles. These are capable of being tipped with nuclear warheads. With a range of 300 miles, it puts quite a bit of the Euro zone in play. This is a dumb, dumb thing to do. Now besides having someone like Putin with an itchy trigger finger, we have another loose canon like Lukashenko, with access to nukes.

How is the war going? Not well for anyone. Lots, and lots of death. Many children in Ukraine are orphaned or displaced. Russia's war machine has taken a huge hit. Many countries in Europe are now seeing the financial consequences of this war.

We continue to stay on the precipice of somebody doing something very stupid over there. Like - letting the nuclear genie out of the bottle. If that happens, we will be in new territory, with very few exit ramps.