We are living in complicated times. No position, no person, and certainly no country is absolutely right or wrong. It's like a fog floats among humankind and obscures important details. Prayers.
When I make posts or comments, I have no illusions that my opinion, even if carried through, would stop what's coming. Its more like an observer's viewpoint to what's going on, making no difference at all in the world's trajectory to chaos. The whole Ukraine enterprise has been a snare for Putin on so many levels. Had he stopped at Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, pegged the Ruble to gold and demanded Europe pay in Rubles for Russian gas, he could have avoided the sanctions, strengthened the Ruble and weakened the dollar at the same time. AND kept the mistique of invincibility of the Russian military, if I might add. But even if that had happened, another "whack-a-mole event" would have come up to rock the boat.
One sure anchor that keeps us from being blown every which way is our drawing close to our coming King. He will set things in order. He is who we should put our trust in, not Putin or some other leader.
@eschatologyguy Precisely, on all points.