00:03The other way that stalemates end is through escalation.
00:07One side or the other or both escalate what they are doing in order to try to break the other
00:12side and break the stalemate.
00:13And that's very dangerous.
00:15That's very dangerous in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.
00:18Because that escalation could wind up being a sabotage campaign in neighboring countries that are members of NATO.
00:25It could be the strikes that you're pointing to.
00:27It could be a number of other things that could happen that could quickly turn what is a war between
00:32two countries into a much broader and far more dangerous regional conflict.