> No, that's not a great approach. One overreach and you're in a nuclear war.

That's pretty easy to stop - I'm sure NATO has already told Ukraine that an incursion into Russia proper would mean an end to military aid.

Bullies only respond to force. The only way to prevent Russia using nukes, is to tell(and mean it!) them any use will be repaid 5x over.

Really though, all we're waiting for is Putin to die from old age, or lose his hold, and then Russia will decend into anarchy.

Which will end the current threat, but open up others...

Yeah there’s no way anyone could succeed Putin, such as Dmitry Medvedev, who works closely with him and already served as president and prime minister.

Strong men eliminate those who are threats, who can be a threat. Putin is very good at this, competitors which had potental are dead, lessor competitors jailed.

This means that anyone close to Putin, is likely lacking in capability, or perhaps more importantly, the ability to lead and drive loyalty.

Weak leaders fall fast, if they try to pick up the sceptre.

This isn't slashot. People don't need personal trolls here. Is there any reason you're following me around?

I have no idea who you are but evidently you say a lot of baseless or uninformed stuff if you recognize me