Sigh I’m so conflicted because generally I’m non interventionist but Russia & Putin are bullies but if the rest of the world concedes Ukraine, I don’t think this will be the end of it.  Especially since it appears Putin wants to recreate the Russian empire of old, it’s certainly very disturbing.  My heart breaks for the Ukrainian people and their defenses are putting up a valiant fight but Russian forces are simply much more powerful and plentiful.  At a minimum the rest of the world should open our arms to the refugees of this horrible conflict and help them resettle if not permanently at least on a temporary basis.  I would support mass migration from Ukraine to Canada if that helps.

Are sanctions going to be enough?  While it’ll definitely hurt I don’t think so but the West really doesn’t want to get into a shooting war with Russia because who knows where that’ll lead…

As this is happening, it also makes me wonder if China will invade Taiwan as it’d be much harder for the world to focus on two issues so far apart.  Ugh why do politicians act like school yard children on the grand stage…