War Strategy - I'm learning...

About no-fly zones over Ukraine: Bad idea. At first I didn't understand why, but then I listened to experienced strategists and others who explained it. No-fly zone over Ukraine is created by NATO. Russia ignores it. Russian planes get shot down by NATO member country, who created no-fly zone. World War III. And Putin has no freaking conscience whatsoever. If he gets pissed enough, he'll launch. Because that's how he rolls. A better answer is for Ukraine to declare their own no-fly zone. Putin attacked them. If they shoot down Russian planes, they are already at war, and it is not NATO attacking Russian planes, who is not at war with Russia. What we can do is supply Ukraine with anti-aircraft weaponry - and so can all the rest of Europe. Make sure they have supplies, water, and weaponry. 

When a nuclear armed world power is the aggressor in an unjust war, there are no no-brainer moves. It's complicated. Like Lindsey Graham's tweet about taking Putin out. I wholeheartedly agreed with his statement. But a US senator publicly calling for the assassination of a world leader is bad in two ways: 1- Putin will now be made invisible and security around him will be tripled. 2 - Putin will use Graham's statement to justify his actions to his people: "The West/US is trying to kill me. They want me dead because I am trying to de-Nazify Ukraine." We know that's complete BS, but the Russian people, under martial law and their communication with the outside world ultra-controlled by a rabid, paranoid dictator, only have one side of the story - Putin's.

Fortunately, we have a president who is level-headed and has decades of experience in foreign policy. He also has no conflicts of interest where Putin is concerned, as the former 'president' did. If Ukraine were part of NATO, I doubt Putin would have chanced this war. He's a coward. Not to mention batshit crazy. That's another complication.

For members of our government who think making threats to sound tough and rile up their voter bases is a wise move I'd like to quote  an old adage from previous wars: "Loose lips sink ships." Meaning, keep your mouths shut before you get people killed.