Hey Pandas, What Do You Think Is Going On With The War Between Russia And Ukraine?

I think that's already been more than adequately answered by many of you here and many others, but it doesn't it make you seriously question the competence of our own governments? Consider the issue of the gas and oil from Russia - how is it they've allowed us to be dependent on such supplies from a country whose government is obviously hostile and not to be trusted? This is absurd - and further it prompts the question of competency again regarding global warming. Yes, now there is growing development of alternative energy sources, but we all know that most of our governments effectively ignored the problem for decades despite the overpowering evidence. These are the people who are supposed to make sensible decisions for our present and future security, but they have failed us atrociously. Had action been taken decades ago, we might not now be in such an absurd position; and had the detente of the late 1980s been responsibly followed up as it should have been, the present situation in Ukraine might have been avoided, or at least Putin would not have the excuse of the eastward expansion of NATO.