To late for Common Sense!
A few things apart from NATO/EU It seems most nations have had enough common sense and balls to stay out of this conflict, the consequence of which is the Russia is virtually unaffected by the economic sanctions, which TBH I was surprised at, in fact Russia is doing more trade with the rest of the world now -
https://thestandwitheamondunphy.com/episode/1560/
This is a war which can have only one winner and what happens when Russia does win it? Where is the exit strategy for the west?
Zalensky is an actor on a stage and essentially, the war would already have reached a solution without him there and probably a less painful one than will happen, even if negotiated by China or Trump!
The relationship between The Ukraine and Russia is complex - Trotsky, Kruschev and Breszhnev were all Ukrainian, kind of like The Anglo-Irish and Us, in this country.
There was a very silly notion doing the rounds that our recent arrivals (and yes, I want to help, but Ukrainian Males of fighting age arriving here, when it's illegal in Ukrainian Law for them to leave, is absolutely stomach churning), would go back home at some stage, take it from me they won't! If these folk were tech geniuses this might be good, they are in their holes, they come across as hard nosed peasants!
Even though it is a big bully acting the bollocks in reality, there is also a slight element of house keeping about it, don't forget this war has been going on for 8 years!
Ireland which has no universal health care system or no right to housing for its citizens has taken in over 55,000 which means there are more here than our own indigenous ethnic minority - the travellers (and no disrespect and a big shout out to the ladz, AFAIK they are great devotees (male travellers) of this site!). France has taken in around 100,000 and the luvlee Hey everybody let's be liberal Dutch have taken in less than 80,0000, they are far bigger economies than us and ones where their citizens have very real rights!
So when is this absolute fuckdoggery going to stop? When?