Excellent and pretty realistic assessment.

Putin understands force. He has to be driven out of Ukraine completely. If this is not achieved he will continue his aggression.

It's time to dispense with the Macron tentativeness and place all the resources at Ukraines disposal to not only hold territory but to take it back. This means use of supplying offensive as well as defensive weapons.

The dreaded question surfaces that an escalation by the West could increase the risk the use of Putin using weapons of mass destruction? Yes, it's possible, but we may be more at risk should we hesitate in tackling Putin head on. The leaders and populations in the West have got to have even more resolve.

Putin is at war with the West probably more than he is with Ukraine. The populations in America, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the free have to understand that this is OUR war. A failure will come with enormous costs.

One not small consideration is that we DO NOT want to be in the position of merely holding Zelenskyy's head above the water but we need to pull him and Ukraine to safety and to a freedom we can all maintain and enjoy.

Many thanks. Right on.