I confess that I've been largely playing devil's advocate in this debate, both as a foil of sorts to the more sanguine among us, and to temper my own expectations lest I be disappointed.
Your points are all well taken, Ursus. I shan't argue simply to argue. In actuality, I am very hopeful that Ukraine emerges victorious and territorially whole again. That said, I don't want to get my hopes up too high.
Also, since this is a T2k forum, I almost can't help myself from looking at the Ukraine War through a T2k lens- trying to extrapolate plausible ways that this regional conflict could escalate, spill over, and result in a much wider war, even WW3. I'm not too worried about this happening, IRL, any time soon but, to be totally transparent, the Cold War kid in me still fears nuclear Armageddon.
I guess you could say that I'd rather focus on closer-to-worst-case scenario and end up being pleasantly surprised at a more positive outcome than expecting a best-case scenario and be disappointed when things end up worse than anticipated.
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