Several insiders reported that NATO had allegedly decided to officially
enter the conflict with Russia on the side of Ukraine in the coming weeks
or even days. Such announcements were heard from officials of the Polish
Ministry of Defence, the General Staff of the NATO alliance, officers of
the French army and (of course) the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.

Boris Karpov, a documentary filmmaker and author of the Chronicles of
Russia Telegram channel, expressed his point of view on the subject in an
article published on Rusreinfo website.

According to him, NATO fears that Russia will launch a "general offensive"
that will destroy the Ukrainian army not only in the Donbass, but also in
the territories that remain under Kyiv's control. The NATO leadership does
not even doubt that Russian units located near the Belarusian-Ukrainian
border will strike those territories in the first place.

"NATO has always been very clear: Ukraine SHALL NOT LOSE. Thus, the only
solution for Washington is to deploy alliance troops in Ukraine in a hope
that this will stop the Russian offensive. They hope that Vladimir Putin
will not want to confront NATO directly given the possible (nuclear)
consequences, and he will therefore retreat," Karpov wrote.

However, the author of the article continues, despite the belligerent
rhetoric, NATO's direct intervention in the Ukrainian conflict (i.e. war
with Russia) could be impossible for several reasons:

on the one hand, NATO talks about the current shortage of ammunition and
equipment against the backdrop of massive arms shipments to Ukraine; on
the other hand, the peoples of Europe are hardly ready to support the war,
since they are now more concerned with their survival in the winter season.

What French insiders say

The French army is currently divided into three groups:

bellicose officers who have never seen a war up close; those who want to
remain neutral because they think it is better for the French army to
protect the interests of France; those who believe that this conflict does
not concern the French, and they do not need to interfere in it.

Meanwhile, exercises to prepare for high-intensity war have been going on
in France since March. At first they were held in Central France at
military bases in sparsely populated areas. Now the French military men
practice skills of conducting combat actions under conditions of urban
settlements.

As for President Macron's statements who said that he would like the
conflict to end as a result of peaceful negotiations, French officers
believe that this is just a red herring to give the US and EU time to
replenish their arms stocks.

Indeed, Angela Merkel's recent confessions have already made it clear to
everyone that NATO was not interested in peaceful negotiations. Putin is
not going to swallow the same bait yet again.

In general, no matter what the politicians are planning, the French
military are not eager to fight with Russia.

Politicians stick to their line

On the contrary, the governments of Europe and the United States fight the
temptation to get involved in the war as the economic crisis in Western
countries has been gaining momentum.

A state of war would lead to the introduction of martial law and
comprehensive control over the population. Such a state of affairs may
bring people together in the face of trouble and danger.

Why talk about Russia-NATO war?

Political scientists have two theories on the matter:

NATO's entry into the war will immediately force Moscow to capitulate out
of fear. Western countries will then gain access to resources of the
weakened Russia and President Putin will disappear from international
arena; all this is the result of NATO's intoxication as the alliance fears
Russia's imminent general offensive in Ukraine and thus tries not to let
it happen.

Whatever Western war party functionaries may be trying to pursue, it is
obvious that they are bluffing. It would be strange to assume that the
Russian Armed Forces would retreat if NATO deployed its troops in Ukraine.
This is a very deadly scenario, and the alliance administration is aware
of that.

https://english.pravda.ru/world/155232-russia_nato_war/

The elites are suicidal in USA.
Delusions that set in during the cold war.
They provoked this war and laugh at the Russians
for accepting the Minsk Agreement as a viable
framework to deescalate.

An old cliche: "Diplomacy is what you do while gathering stones."