@Abelardlindsey

It's certainly an interesting theory but...

Such a scenario would not likely be acceptable to Putin as he'd much prefer a buffer between NATO and the Motherland. The whole problem is that Ukraine had been that buffer until cozying up to the West. (Their treatment of their own eastern /Russian favoring cousins was largely precipitative)

Now if Poland were to separate itself from NATO adequately, perhaps...

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I remember the Diamond Princess.


Slowly at first, then all of a sudden.