Believe me, I’m with you. If you look back at all of my posts regarding this, I’ve been saying all along that Putin won’t invade, and this was a charade to give the Biden admin a win.
That being said, if this is Putin’s play — if — it’s something I didn’t see in the cards. Technically, it could be construed as an invasion, since they support those rebels, but it’s a more savvy political move than a straight-up, brute force invasion.
Well, Biden supported Trudeau’s BIG power grab...told him to do it....effectively...Trudeau activated wht we would call War Powers AND he did it without Parliament voting on it.
My military tactics advisor says Putin might be more likely to pull a bigger event in June or October. I was not clear on the reason he gave for June, but he said around October, all our troops in Europe who had 9 month deployments will be rotating back to the US, so there will be new guys with less experience, and general confusion.
I’m also wondering if this is part of a long range chess strategy which will later include the various stans—Tajikastan, Uzbekastan, etc. which used to be part of Russian territory. Of course, these Muslims may have a different idea about rejoining Russia. Lots to think about here. My military guy pointed out that as a chess player, Putin thinks 3 or 4 moves ahead, or maybe 10 or 12.