B402, Your longer war, equates roughly good enough to our, the world as you put it,
fears of a wider war. One which you must agree we have here discussed extensively.
For you to even suggest 'the world' had not considered all the options around
Ukraine even before Putin actually invaded is a bit self-serving, don't you think.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”