When America shouts Britain jumps.

 

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

Field Marshal Montgomery said the first rule of war was don't invade Russia. Who in their right mind would do that? If you know anything about military history, you would know how pointless that is. You can't encircle the country or invade it without enormous logistical challenges and I don't believe that many Russians feel that they're really under threat from of an invasion by NATO forces.

I once saw Vladimir Putin being interviewed by Tucker Carlson who asked him if NATO expansionism towards the East had led to Russia invading the Ukraine. He laughed at that and dismissed it out of hand. He gave Carlson a lesson in Russia history as he sees it. Putin as a Russian nationalist, doesn't recognise the Ukraine as an independent country and he's a revanchist, who is reclaiming lost Russian territory. They've all got enough nuclear missiles to destroy one another so they don't have to invade any country.

Putin has now got his best mate in the White House. Putin is one world leader that Donald Trump doesn't take the piss out of. As for the British government, its raison d'etre is to get as far up the arse of the White House as it possibly can. When the Americans shout, they jump.