Seems like. The risk of WWIII is high. I think that NATO countries should bomb the shit out of the Russian troops…it should have started yesterday…the minute they set foot in
Ukraine.

That's about the size of it. Under the best of circumstances, Ukraine would become a popular cause attracting mercenaries and gun nuts eager for a challenge, kind of like Spain's civil war. Ukraine sees itself as having been at war since 2014, and had been under a Putin stooge before that. While many have suggested that Ukraine will defend itself, my own bet is that they will fold quickly to get back to semi-normal (if pathetic, undemocratic) existence.

(Will the US population stop the Republican fascist election subversion that is ending our own democracy?)

The big problem is "outsourcing" by almost every technology company. The West has hardly any production capacity now. It cannot go to war. It is toothless. Thanks to big corporations like Apple etc.

seems like Cuba in reverse to me?

China is propping up Russia for all of the sanctions imposed. After Russia is done, China will take Taiwan with Russia’s support because Biden is weak as shit and won’t do a damn thing about it.