Clancy sets up a similar scenario with China in The Bear and the Dragon. In that case we squeeze China too hard and they go after the Russians’ oil fields. I only bring this up to share his analysis of the politburo. They don’t see reality like we do. They see what they want to see. And they just might go to war with foreigners if its between that and facing social unrest at home.
It seems like that whole arc, from Threat Vector to Bear/Dragon is playing out (with changes, of course) right now.
And, why I keep an eye on Q for oddities (to my mind). Some stuff has been so close to Clancy that the idea of a LARP [having us follow the Clancy arc?] comes to my mind. Other times, Clancy verifies what Q tells us, such as “Seven Dwarfs” and “5:5” terms.
Clancy sets up a similar scenario with China in The Bear and the Dragon. In that case we squeeze China too hard and they go after the Russians’ oil fields. I only bring this up to share his analysis of the politburo. They don’t see reality like we do. They see what they want to see. And they just might go to war with foreigners if its between that and facing social unrest at home.
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It’s a continuing short-coming. Thinking like Americans when facing Russians and Chinese.
A President facing the financial crap that Putin faced, due to sanctions, would have had so many billionaires hyperventilating that they would have been anxious to make a deal.
Putin on the other hand, could always just kill an oligarch who was too much trouble. Financial warfare has not worked very well to make him change course.