Playing Russian roulette with the Russians?

 IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE OR ELSE

POOR PLAYERS ALWAYS WANT TO QUIT WHEN THEY ARE LOSING

It seems every day a message is sent that the west is about to escalate to the point of nuclear war. It is good that, so far, Russia has not taken them very seriously. We have seen an attack on the Russian nuclear deterrent air force, can Russia not wonder if this is a testing of its ability to respond.  Then the U.S.. makes it known that nuclear arms have now been positioned in the UK., can Russia not wonder if this is indeed preparation. This week the U.S. general in charge of Europe stated that they can and have practiced and are capable of invading and taking Kaliningrad in very short time. Kaliningrad is a small 40 mile wide of Russian territory in the Baltic. Does anyone wonder why or what would happen after that? Would Russia then come to their senses and surrender? Trump has also stated that he has sent 2 nuclear armed submarines to be stationed off the coast of Russia. I assume Russia has its own submarines stationed within striking distance of the U.S. and now maybe it will be time to up the preparedness level. This all seems to be an exercise in juvenile gunboat diplomacy.

All this trash talking and actual moving of nuclear resources can only indicate to Russia that in their desperation the United States is considering a pre-emptive strike against the the leadership of Russia. This is indicated when the former leader of Russia responded to trash talking from the United States when he commented to not forget Russia's "Perimeter " or "Dead Hand" system. This is a reference to a system designed to automatically launch nuclear missiles if it detects a pre-emptive strike, even if it decapitates the leadership. It is no secret that some delusional people in Washington believe that they could do a preemptive strike on Moscow and all their problems would be solved.

It will be a sad day for the world if Russia begins to take the U.S. seriously and believes that a pre-emptive strike is imminent, it will leave them only one option.

This is all about the fact that Ukraine is in very bad straits. The plea is made that they want to stop the dying, but I suspect that if the roles were reversed it would be a completely different story, It would be onward to Moscow and reparations and dismemberment. The reality is, as it has been since the beginning in 2014, Russia is not going to accept NATO expansion in Ukraine and it will not stop until that is reality. If the west insists that not happen, and continues to escalate there will only be one ultimate result. 

The other option is to admit a miscalculation, an error of judgement, and agree to a neutral Ukraine and save as much of Ukraine as possible. It is the only way to really stop the dying. Stop with the, "Russia want to occupy Europe nonsense", who would want to rule over that mess? Europe has nothing that Russia needs.  This fiasco has been a tragedy for Ukraine, a loss of resources and young men for Russia, a lose of economic viability for Europe and a drain on the heavily indebted U.S. taxpayers. Only vanity and hubris is keeping this going, if only everyone could declare victory and go home, but that is not the reality of this dire situation.