I asked myself—What would I do if I was Putin?
1. I wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine like he did—but that’s water under the bridge—starting from this point what would I do?
A. You need a second front to take off pressure. Use a client state. Like Iran to shut off oil supply. Sink a few tankers or a few USN ships or gunboats.
B. Have an “accident” and close the Suez Canal. Jam or sink a ship in the thing. This would drive up oil prices.
C. Close the Panama Canal—once again a ship could wreck a loch or cause a temporary problem.
D. Set up an air/Sea Base in Cuba —SEnd the North Sea fleet on a “state visit” to Cuba. Just two subs could cause US jitters.
E. Crash the International Space station into the USA.
F. Use Iran’s Terror connections to blow up an American Landmark—statue of Liberty comes to mind or Mr. Rushmore.
G. Print up copies of American Money—counterfeits so good they will pass and flood the world with them.
H. Help out North Korea with their nuke/rocket program to threaten Guam and Okinawa.
I. Form an Axis of Friendship and co-operation with a list of nations. Your own NATO. Include Africa and Asia and South America.
A. Iran isn’t going to stick its neck out for Putin. Remember that Iran and China still remember the territories that Russia took from them in the 19th century
B. Egypt, the Israelis won’t let that happen. Plus Putin doesn’t have that kind of reach.
C. The USA and Colombia won’t let that happen, plus Putin doesn’t have that kind of reach
D. Putin doesn’t have subs to spare. There is no “north sea fleet” just the combined “northern fleet”, which tells you they are overstretched. They have allegedly 34 ships and 35 subs, but operationally expect a quarter of that. Plus, thanks to Putin’s threats Finland and Sweden are joining NATO, so the northern fleet gets even more stretched.
E. Not capable of that
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G. Not capable of that
H. No capacity
I. Africa, Asia and south America at best will remain neutral. They aren’t going to stick out their necks for Putin