Putin's War -- Five Unintended Consequences -- CNBC -- March 29, 2022

I generally don't care for these articles, but this is a pretty good synopsis. It certainly puts things into perspective. 

March 29, 2022: CNBC, five unintended consequences for Russia:

• Russian casualties are high
• estimates: from 1,351 (Russia) to between 8,000 and 15,000 (NATO) 
• Russia lost 15,000 soldiers during the 10-year war in Afghanistan in the 1980s
  
• Ukrainians now loathe Russia
• Ukraine is the ancestral home for Russia; Ukraine is Russia
  
• economic ruin
• besides an impending recession, this war will "wipe out five years of economic growth"
  
• Europe is dropping Russian energy
• to be replaced by US energy
  
• Russia has united the West
• the West's reaction is unprecedented 
  

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We haven't heard yet; waiting. Olivia's soccer team in the second round Texas girl's high school championship. 

 Woody Allen's Lost In Translation in the background. I never tire of watching it.

Thinking about W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn.

The "chapter" on Joseph Conrad is probably some of the best writing I've ever read. The chapter helps, again, to put Putin's War in perspective. 

Later: Olivia's team wins 5 -1. A more competitive game than the score might indicate. Olivia's team advances to the third round. First round to championship game: six games. This was the second game; the sixth will be the championship game.