Does anyone else feel like the whole world is playing an online game of "Risk"?

[intrepidity]

This may truly be the first crowdsourced war. Time will tell if this is, overall, an effective strategy to deter the world's bullies. It may prove to be. If so, it will have unquestioningly blossomed out of Ukriane's dogged determination and courage under Zelenskyy's leadership.

[cilla4progress]

1. Agree.

Check out this tweet from reknowned political scientist David Rothkopf from earlier today:

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I agree it remains to be seen whether this new paradigm is a positive longterm development.

So far I do believe having the violence right in our faces rather than, say, not showing soldiers' coffins retuning home, could help build opposition to war in general. Sunlight as a disinfectant and all that.