Scott,

You are being way too rational. There is no coherent thought process going on and while that's been true for generations, since these are basically psychotic children with matches and gasoline, it does seem the wheels are genuinely coming off the train.

Our military industrial complex is far more pretty toys, than working war machines and that is not going to change. We are not going to suddenly rebuild the industrial base to fight this sort of war, the F-35 is a joke, the carrier groups are designed around gunboat diplomacy and have been outdated by anti ship missiles for decades. Now the stuffed shirts are shaking their fists at China. Any vision of reality disappeared in the rear view mirror a long time ago.

So either we go nuclear, or Ukraine gets memory holed. While there is always a possibility the crazy pants have their way, I think it might be useful to consider the processes by which it will be memory holed.

It does seem Biden and the Brits are furtherest out on this limb, so start to look for them to be cut off.

Obviously the Poles and the Baltics are leading the charge as well, but they don't count. For one thing, they have deep connections both east and west, so the possibility is more of a pole shift on their part, as the luster wears off the West and people remember back to the Soviet days, when there was at least enough food.

So if we are talking Biden and the Brits, it seems the two weak spots are Hunter and the royals.

With Trump talking about ending it in a day, his poll numbers are likely to go up and the deep state looking to the life rafts, I suspect we will be seeing more along the lines of Hersh's Nord Stream expose, all conveniently pointing the finger at Biden.

As for the Brits, the royals have always just been a front to cover The City, aka, the banks, as the real authority, so with Charles being crowned in a few months, expect the general sepsis of the system to undercut the process. He ain't the Queen.

Remember this time next year, we will be into the primaries and who will want Ukraine hanging around their neck, given the options are Russia owning half the country, or going nuclear?

So my prediction is by late fall, the helicopters will be lifting off the embassy roof.