The wars of misconstrued opportunities and bad choices

The indirect but strong interconnection between the two devastating wars is set to evolve, and it is notable that during the fist week of the Gulf war, the intensity of Russian attack in Donbas and missile/drone strike on Ukrainian cities has significantly decreased. Neither war can end with a victory to one side, and the possibility of a fair and stable peace deal is as miniscule for Kyiv as it is for Tehran. It is not impossible, nevertheless, that a cessation of hostilities in the necessarily short Gulf war would produce a pause in the tragically long Ukraine war. The costs of bad choices have reached such enormous levels that trasactionalism, with all its unsavory purposes and cynical bargaining, may help the stake-holders in restoration a modicum of stability to tame the war-mongers.