palindrome
Thru a hedge, backwards and forwards.
If you wanted to say there's a cookie-cutter simple line to be followed, we knew that. I think Klassik was injecting some reality into the proceedings. The 'crazed Russia' thesis is shallow stuff.
There were a number of responses to your post I was considering, but all I'm going to suggest is you go back to the beginning of this thread; and no, I'm not being facetious. There you will encounter a whole shit-load of NATO/US bashing and blaming as the cause for Putins aggression toward the people of Ukraine. My view, limited as it may be, is that there is no clear proof of US motives, nor what they do or don't expect, and finding arbitrary reasons to blame other countries for Putins brutal aggression runs the risk of validating and excusing it.
What is important is that Ukraine receives all the support it can in order defend itself against tyranny and genocide. And if Putin succeeds, he won't stop with Ukraine.
John