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Unlike Ritter..
It's amazing how deep and insightful Ritter's vision of this situation is. Although in my opinion he could handle his emotions better and be less orthodox in his judgments and conclusions, yet we do not live in a black and white world. However, for a full-time pro-Russian propagandist, this is, if not excusable, then quite understandable. However, this does not change the first sentence in this paragraph, Ritter understands Russians almost like Russian. It is a pity that the American system seems to be built in such a way that in it the "former" are rapidly becoming smarter, while the "acting" do not make such an impression. Like you have to retire to be wiser, or maybe retiring just gives you more room to say what you really think, rather than what your job description prescribes.
Drifting farther afield just because Ritter is kind of a poster-child for the phenomena, but...
...There seems to be some sort of a weird thing going on with having 'done time' (literally) and being 'released' from some sort of an understanding of silence and free to speak one's mind (but still not give away certain secrets.) Examples include military officer Ritter, the lobbyist Abramoff, scientist Mikovits, CIA dude Kiriakou, and some others I cannot think of off the top of my head.
My opinion is that the independent direct intervention of Poland without the general support of NATO in this conflict is almost inevitable, the question is when and how. The position of Romania is also interesting, which itself has a territorial interest in Ukraine and may support Poland in this endeavor. I think the issue will be cleared up pretty soon, it seems that the fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass are already leaking, and then a large operational space opens up for Russia right up to Lviv.
Yeah, I just don't see any reason why the Russians would want it, especially since the peeps in that are are likely to be much less friendly (even in the post Zenensky period.) I don't really fully buy the argument of 'de-nazification' which strikes me as mostly a PR-friendly excuse. The benefits of chasing the Nazis into the West is probably not worth the hassles, costs, and risks, and they would just back-fill when the area is vacated anyway.