James Woolsey: “To avoid war, Putin must be helped to save face”

NEW YORK – The way out is very narrow, but according to former CIA director James Woolsey there is the possibility of avoiding a bloodbath: «Putin has run into a dead end, but we must help him get out of it. To do this, two things are needed: first, the Western alliance must remain very united in threatening the harshest possible consequences in the event of an invasion; second, we can offer a solution that will allow him to save face, without officially closing the door to Ukraine’s entry into NATO, but postponing him indefinitely ».