war with NATO
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Never happen at the current troop attrition rate, already short on armor.
Never underestimate ego, and the Russian mir echo chamber.
To an outsider looking in like myself, the odds of a “successful “ attack on a NATO country seems absurd.
The limited success at enormous losses for Russia against a much lesser opponent, at least on paper, would make anyone but Russia see that any attack on NATO would be even more disastrous. But we are talking Putin here so I won’t discount the possibility.
For myself, the solution is quite clear for the west. Flood Ukraine with air defense so that the main advantage russia has in using glide bombs and missiles and drones is reduced to near zero.
What is happening in the back rooms of nations capitols is unknown to me, but there appears to be increased rhetoric coming out showing that many are beginning to understand that Russian goals are not limited to Ukraine.
It doesn’t matter how stupid many may think that further escalation and expanding the scope of this war would be for Russia, it only matters what Putin desires and believes he can achieve.
A live chat in atp geopolitics with Broe, laid it out very well IMO.
Putin is a man who had nearly everything, wealth, power…., but what he didn’t behave was the respect through fear former Soviet leaders possessed
This and his twisted take on history made all of this inevitable