It's a bit sad to realise that without the kick in the nuts that the war was, we might have eventually slid completely towards the Soviet era complacency, corruption and oligarchy. At least now nobody sane is going to even think about being friendly with russia for generations.

And even when they’re beaten, they’ll still be a threat for a while yet, at least until their nuclear stockpile diminish significantly enough from lack of upkeep.

Corruption is everywhere in politics, they don't even get that much in trouble, at most they need to leave politics.

We need real consequences.