in a hole, stop digging

To listen to the debates about Ukraine . . . the pros and the cons and the this and the that and the good and the bad and the what-should-have-been and the what-to-do-now . . .

Clear away the smog and the fog and the daze and there’s a simple tri-partite reality:
. years ago they made a mistake throwing in their lot with NATO and the U.S.
. it provoked Russia to pummel them
. now they should come to terms with their mistake and reverse course