http://tomluongo.me/2022/08/02/media-great-game-of-geopolitics-what-you-think/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o_Z_UkvVsM&t=1s
Ron Paul Institute presentation by Luongo
By invading Ukraine} Russia acted, setting the operational tempo from that moment forward. It forced the US and Europe to react to them as they created a new reality, set new rules.
The US was now the rule-taker rather than the rule-maker. You knew this because it prompted multiple rounds of scurrying to Moscow by officials from all over the West trying to talk the Russians off their new game.
To zero avail.