'It means the end of Putin': Former NATO commander Wesley Clark explains Ukraine war.

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4. The Russians will have to be confronted sooner or later, and a no-fly zone request is legit

Because it comes from the leader of Ukraine. Ukraine is not in any special sphere of Russian influence, at least not yet.

Gen. Clark understands modern Russian thinking and the European theater of potential military action as well as any military commander. His advice is both savvy and potentially dangerous. However, JFK confronted the Russians successfully during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and so should Biden. Sometimes the President of the US needs to gamble and stand up against an international bully. Might does not make right.

If we don't act, Putin goes after Moldava, Georgia and the Finland, etc. He has made his goal clear, the restoration of the Eastern bloc/Russian empire.