Escalating fears that Putin might do something crazy

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10. If you look into Molly McKew...

...you will see that there is not a lot of "there" there.

She has a lot of Twitter followers but she is more a glorified lobbyist than a political or military analyst.

She seems to love writing this bellicose screed.

I read one piece by her that people were touting as "important" and came away with an impression that she was very quick on the bravado and very loose with the "analysis".

Your take is spot on by the way. Putin's whole game here is to break up the Western Alliance.

He obviously doesn't give a shit about Ukraine.

Following McKew's "advice" would deliver Putin exactly what he is trying to achieve.