Well the news is not getting any better is it? Ukraine’s destruction  haunts me, and I have been reading up on Vlad to get an idea if what is going through his mind and what it is he truly desires.  It seems he is religious and  has support from other faith community’s that one would not expect in Russia.  If he continues on his present course I cannot see that it will end well for him or anyone else. It seems to me that it’s a lose, lose scenario regardless of the military  outcome on either side.