The world is going to hell in a handbasket and Ukraine is paying the price for being the gatekeeper

 I can't say I was really surprised at the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.  We set the stage for that invasion all the way back to Obama.  Obama and congress sit on their welfare asses and just allowed Russia to take Crimea.  No sanction.  Back to business as usual.  So did the rest of the world.  Then along came Trump.  He has had his nose up Putin's ass since before he got into the White House.  He has the hots for Putin.  And Putin used him like a dust rag to get what he wanted.  And Trump is too damn stupid and egotistical to even realize this.  So now we have a country fighting for it's life and most of the world sitting back and allowing it to happen.  Even those in this country want to appease him because "we get oil from Russia."  And now Saudi and the rest of the Opec countries in the Middle East are siding with Russia.  Siding with Russia while using us for their protection.  Maybe it is time to cut them lose and allow them to defend themselves when Russia comes calling for them.  Time we dished out that plate of crow.  If the world is not careful, we will have a new cabal of countries forming their own alliance against the West.  All the former USSR satellite countries are stepping up support for Ukraine because they know they are next on Putin's hit list.  And if we have a cabal of Eastern European countries hostile to the West and hostile to Russia at the same time, that is a recipe for disaster.  We are probably going to wind up in a nuclear war.  That is a given.  Putin does not give a damn that he will destroy the world.  All I can say is we are in a real mess.  Putin has taken this right out of Hitler's playbook and any appeasement of Putin will only make him worse.  And the Russian people would rather be told what to do and when to crap than stand up to their so-called leader.  We haven't been in this shape worldwide since 1939.  And we may never be in this shape again if Putin starts a nuclear war.  He won't destroy the world, but he will destroy mankind and once we are gone, we won't be again.  The world will recover.  It will rebuild itself.  We won't.