Your common sense . . . don't open leftist memes without it.

I don’t suppose that the armchair diplomat/general has any better ideas.

Probably thinks the U.S. should go directly to war against another nuclear superpower. Ouch, eh?

I did find someone who said his method of negotiating a settlement is to tell Putin to get out of Ukraine or we send in our troops and “destroy his depleted army.” Definitely an armchair general if he thinks Russia can’t conscript a larger army than they’ve fielded so far. I asked if he planned to go fight, and have never heard a response. That kind of sacrifice is for them to talk about and others to make, but Putin loves it when they talk big but don’t act: just like Biden.

I agree. What these leftist don't comprehend is that you can push a military super power only so far before utterly horrific consequences occur. What has to be done with Russia is the reaching of compromise palatable to both sides. Neither is going to be truly happy, but neither will be truly enraged.

I hope certain things come to light concerning both sides of that mess-
1) Both leaders are Presidents For Life. Putt Putt Putin just dresses better. Both keep rejecting legit ceasefire/peace deals. Both deserved to be Mussolini'd at this point.
2) NATO goaded Ukraine into war with a promise of membership and US Dems/Neocons practically gave Russia permission in order to keep the money going.
3) At the end of the day, the US isn't obligated to help either side or any other country on that side of the planet. Europe needs to learn how to fix their own messes and stop dragging the US into them.

Well said.

You missed one:
4) NATO made a treaty with Russia not to expand closer. They broke the deal 3 times. Russia views the west as liars and deal breakers.

Yes!

Most obvious change: Neocons like Liz Chaney and John Bolton now support Democrats because Trump doesn't support endless wars.

Liz is simple. She's an outright spoiled-princess lunatic who should always have been a Democrat. Bolton is, I think, also insane; but also more complex. He truly believes in power through strength, but fails to also comprehend when sane people back off a bit and suggest other means of accomplishing end goals.

Neocon - neoconservative. They want war. They want the US to have military hegemony over the entire planet. They are James-Bond-type evil villains supported by the Military Industrial Complex. They moved from Republican to Democrat because President Donald Trump wants peace.

Old Dick Cheney made his fortune in the MIC as CEO and a major stockholder in Halliburton — holding the stocks all through his time as VP and they managed numerous lucrative no-bid contracts. He has vested interest in forever wars around the world, and Liz profits from it too no doubt.