In his latest diatribe Vlad Putin says that Russia will not hesitate to use nukes if Russia faces an existential threat from NATO. The problem is, that does seem to be the neo-con agenda, to destroy Russia, not taking any position on whether this is good or bad. No, it is bad. It will lead to Vlad getting boxed in and, the way things are going, having called up 300,000 reservists, he may ultimately be forced to use some of the weapons of mass destruction that the Kremlin Deep State no doubt are eager to use. I do not see any way that nuclear war can be avoided unless some sort of compromise, as proposed by Kissinger, is accepted by NATO, giving some territory to Russia, and the Ukraine not joining NATO. It is possible, but unlikely. We can, but hope and pray.