Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
AP---seeing how you never seem to have your own opinions---here is a puzzle for you to see just how you would suggest a solution.

There is an old Turkish saying---"you do not have to burn the blanket to get rid of a flea".

So AP without burning the blanket just how do you get rid of a single flea?
Put the blanket in a dryer and run it at full heat for a little while. No more flea. If you have no dryer, boil a bucket of water and toss the blanket in. Been there, done that, both ways.

A "solution" in the Ukraine is a lot harder, and I'm not at all sure there is one, at least not in any sure or reliable sense. The current program of focusing on economic repercussions, gradually escalating them, and hoping Russia's economic elite can be hurt badly enough to pressure Putin is hardly ideal, but it has the advantage of being reasonably practical.

Despite many hundreds of posts, I'm not sure what solution you'd propose either. Enlighten us, perhaps?