On an opinion/essay
(Disclaimer: this excerpt is by Gerald Seib, who seems to be a very good columnist at the WSJ, and I worked with him in the same office for about a decade as a mainly “spot” reporter. We also went to the same high school, even though he is older, and I did not know him in person.)
This is the first paragraph of his latest column:
“As it becomes clear that Mr. Putin’s ruthless onslaught in Ukraine and his possible ambitions to go even further will produce long-term shifts in global relationships, those questions are going to come increasingly to the fore. The world faces a period of choosing—with Mr. Putin or against him?—as well as a need to realign existing patterns of energy, food and technology production.”
It is the kind of journalistic and opinion writing that I like because it gets to the point quickly.
I don’t know all the reasons Putin may have for this invasion, but Russians should be repulsed, and if they go into other countries, WW III is worth it in my opinion. Apparently, he wants that the Cold War never ends.