“So what do you reckon? Between a rock and a hard place?” “Well you don’t challenge a much stronger adversary especially when your, shall we say trump card, and you can write trump with a capital T, has been played and is now out of the game.”

“You referring to the three Western European leaders supporting a losing Ukraine – and need I add losing with overwhelming US support which has been now withdrawn, so how in the world do they reckon…”

“But surely they can’t do a complete volte-face – I mean, from being pro-financial and military........

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