I was sure fabulously wrong about the conflict. I really didn’t think Putin would dare make the move he did since he spent so much time telling us he would do it.
I actually don’t believe that he wanted to do it.
He prefers moves that have maximum profit and minimum risk.
Crimea is an example.
This doesn’t fit that pattern.
In view of that, I believe that others in the Russian government must have insisted on this, and he agreed to it.