You certainly have, and no surprise, given that this is the truth. Of course Ukraine was not OFFERED a place in NATO, so that little nugget is dishonest at best, but Russia has at NO time been under threat from NATO or Ukraine, just the opposite.

Ultimate naivety to claim that putin 's power is granted him by the Duma. That power grows, as Mao pointed out, from the muzzle of a gun...and from poison, and gulags and midnight disappearances.

No need for Russia to be "defeated" for this war to end. Just like Vietnam, putin could declare victory and remove his troops...war over.