A new low, even for Russia

"This is a dangerous game that Russia is playing. Even if the Ukraine War ended, would or could Russia behave themselves? Or would Putin then make a play for Poland?"

Russia has done some despicable things in this war with Ukraine. Total and undisputed war crimes. Killing and executing civilians. Targeting civilian residences. But what they have just done in Odessa really takes the cake. How so? Russia had just made the declaration that it will no longer honor the agreement to allow Ukraine to ship grain to help feed a hungry world. As the unshipped grain sat in warehouses in Odessa, Russia bombed some of them. Why? To destroy the grain.

It is things like the war crimes and bombing of food which gives me pause when I think of what Russia is capable of. Putin, feeling like a caged rat, still has his finger on the nuclear button. At any time, he and his cohorts could decide to change the landscape of the battleground. To either use tactical nukes in Ukraine, or (God forbid), use city killer nukes on NATO. Could or would Russia do such a thing? Maybe.

Retired General Jack Keene was on the news this morning. He was conveying some of the frustrations that fellow NATO countries have that we are not supplying more equipment, sooner, to Ukraine. Keene agreed with that sentiment. He thinks the United States is in for a war of attrition. Keene and some in NATO want this war over sooner rather than later. I agree. Enough people have died on both sides of this war.

One more thing. This latest strike on grain warehouses was only a short distance from NATO member Romania. One minor miscalculation by Russia and NATO could be involved in this war. And then this once very regional war could become a huge conflict. Even World War III.  

This is a dangerous game that Russia is playing. Even if the Ukraine War ended, would or could Russia behave themselves? Or would Putin then make a play for Poland? We are in a dangerous place so long as Putin is in control. Russia needs a normal leader, who could lead Russia back into the land of civilized nations.