Meawnhile Ben "please thank me" Wallace is worried about Putin losing the war.

"If Putin loses in Ukraine, he will be deeply wounded,” Wallace said. “He’s still got an air force and he’s still got a navy — and we see his navy do quite aggressive manoeuvres. Putin is not done with us yet. There is an ability for him, in the next three or four years, to lash out."

"If Putin loses in Ukraine", "If" not "when".
"If" as if there's a choice, as if they dont know that Ukraine will only survive if he loses. That "if" ays they'renot prepared for the "When".

When UK's Secretary of State for Defence publicly says "If Putin loses in Ukraine", you know that Western Europe fears Putin and would appease him if not for the pesky Ukrainians who just won't stop fighting him. They fear him so much they try to bully someone who doesn't, because Ukraine depends on them for arms.

This fear is why ukraine is denied NATO access & protection. Because NATO appeases & protects Putin. No lessons were learnt at all from WW2.

source : https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3736330-wallace-says-putin-may-lash-out-in-next-three-or-four-years.html

Archive link to main article in the times : https://archive.ph/CviEG