PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SHOULD BE SMART ABOUT IT AND AVOID THE LOOMING WAR.

ICHEOKU says it is possible that the world is giving President Vladimir Putin too much credit for what he is really worth. Is it possible that the larger than life story weaved around him is somewhat misplaced, and overly exaggerated, that it could pass for a flattery gone too far. His admirers believe that he is smart, clever, a tactician and a survivor; and that he usually plays for the long haul. 

If all these attributes are true, why then is he  trying to crash and burn everything. Is President Vladimir Putin not aware that a full blown war in his neighborhood will not end well for him and his lording it over Russia. Why is he fixated on  recovering Ukraine, aware that any move made in that direction will be an open invitation for Western war profiteers to descend on the region, as vultures do on rotten carcasses. Why does he want to provide the West, particularly America, an opportunity to open up a new theater of war so very close to him. 

A war without timetable, which is capable of outlasting the Afghanistan war, and which will most likely, ultimately result in his own end. He is aware that any such war can only beget one assured outcome, a victory for the West; and with it, will come a very stiff price for him of loss of power, imprisonment as a convicted war criminal or even his summarily execution, which would be fed to the world as "he committed suicide" to avoid capture. They could also put him through a charade of a trial, like they did to Saddam Hussein, just for the heck of it appearing as if they gave him his human rights due process.

Where is Russian FIS and how good and efficient is their foreign intelligence gathering capabilities, for them not to appreciate that America's military industrial complex is frantically looking to open a new theater of conflict. The American military is not currently engaged in any major war and this has so impacted the bottomline of the MIC that they are prepared to exploit any loophole provided to them by Russia in Ukraine. They have to make a living from double dealing the American taxpayers by profiteering from weapons and ammunition sales, as well as milking other aspects of war.

Why would a thinking and strategy-savvy President Vladimir Putin want to fall into this trap and attract these merchants of war and harbingers of death, destruction and misery to his neck of the woods. Is he not aware that once he gives them a reason to move into Ukraine, that they will be there for a very long time, either as war advisers or under the ruse of training and helping Ukraine rebuild its military. Which reasonable person fetches ants infested firewoods, aware that lizards will come to feast on the ants. President Vladimir Putin must therefore think very fast about the repercussions of such an open season invitation and put a hard break on his misguided and irrational plan. He must do it now before the West mounts a false flag operation to manufacture a reason to invite themselves in. 

President Vladimir Putin does not look like a man on a suicide mission; and exudes the aura of a man who is still enjoying his power hold over Russians. He should not throw everything away just because his ego is at stake. He needs to beat it right away before he crosses a line of danger from where a retreat will not be possible. Also the toll on human lives from such a war, particularly on his soldiers, will be too catastrophic, that expending such many lives and in a war which he will not be allowed to win, will be foolhardy and stupid. Let's hope that his common sense and risk assessment quotient will eventually prevail and make him pull his troops back and away from a confrontation with the West. Enough of the brinkmanship.