By John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with When the Ukrainian and NATO forces have lost their war in eastern Ukraine by Christmas, what will happen to the rump of western Ukraine? The Russian warning, issued last Friday at the Security Council by President Vladimir Putin,  is that the Russian Army will defend western Ukraine, known as Galicia, … Continue reading THE BALLOON GOES UP – HOW FAR WILL THE NATO ALLIES GO TO FIGHT THEIR LOSING WAR IN THE UKRAINE —  HOW MUCH MORE WILL THEY RISK LOSING OF THEIR POST-1945 TERRITORIAL GAINS?