Dictators around the world have learned the lesson Putin has taught: if you threaten to use nuclear weapons you can do whatever you want and the West will do nothing. Although we pretend we're helping Ukraine, and although mindless journalists babble endlessly about HIMARS, the reality is that almost nothing Europe has promised (materiel, cash) has actually been delivered. Only the USA has made meaningful contributions but the neofascist Republican Party will put a stop to this when they win the Congress in November and neuter the already-feeble Biden presidency. Nuclear war is now far more likely because of persistent Western weakness, caused by the fact citizens are flabby, self-indulgent, ignorant, lazy, and easily manipulated by endless irresponsible sensation-hungry journalism.