Putin assumes time is on his side, in not only waging a grinding war on Ukraine, but also on the West, in his efforts to choke off energy supplies, trigger an economic downturn or worse, and expose and justify his perceived grievances with the West, as he wrongly assumes that over time, the media and everyone else will tire of the war, the expense associated with it, and the way it has triggered shortages of food supplies and other raw materials. However, Putin's war has done just opposite. It has pried open and exposed the Russian propaganda and influence effort for what it is, and the world has largely responded with rebukes, soft in some corners like China, but rebukes nonetheless. Europe has sought and is largely succeeding in finding energy alternatives to Russia's corrupt state tainted oil and gas industry, the US has become an energy exporter, and Russia's relevance on the world economic stage continues to erode while its ability to feed its population and function is exposed for all its flaws. The world is tiring of Russia. And that is what keeps the Western escalation and resolve front and center, even amid the costs.

Putin assumes time is on his side, in not only waging a grinding war on Ukraine, but also on the West, in his efforts to choke off energy supplies, trigger an economic downturn or worse, and expose and justify his perceived grievances with the West, as he wrongly assumes that over time, the media and everyone else will tire of the war, the expense associated with it, and the way it has triggered shortages of food supplies and other raw materials. However, Putin's war has done just opposite. It has pried open and exposed the Russian propaganda and influence effort for what it is, and the world has largely responded with rebukes, soft in some corners like China, but rebukes nonetheless. Europe has sought and is largely succeeding in finding energy alternatives to Russia's corrupt state tainted oil and gas industry, the US has become an energy exporter, and Russia's relevance on the world economic stage continues to erode while its ability to feed its population and function is exposed for all its flaws. The world is tiring of Russia. And that is what keeps the Western escalation and resolve front and center, even amid the costs.

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