Let’s be perfectly clear on the threat posed by the Eastern European countries to Russia. It is not a military threat that Putin seems to base his actions on and the concept of ‘plugging the lanes of attack’ that have been a historical avenue of military attack.
To paraphrase Von Clausewitz, this is economics by other means.
The ‘threat’ to Russia, is actually a threat to Putin and his personal empire. The US, the West, European countries are not going to militarially threaten the Putin Empire, they are economically threatening his ability to maintain control over his country. The former Warsaw pact countries have posted outsized economic growth compared to Russia- and that is with out the resources that Russia can extract. Ukraine is the most retarded of the bunch and the most tied to and influenced by Russia.
Putin’s only defense, his only counter to the economic blitzkrieg is to turn to military action. What economic incentive do the former slave states have to partner with Russia? At leas the Chinese throw some money and resources at you to take your resources and your vote in the UN.
NATO is a landmine, not a spear. It is meant to keep you out of territory, not attack it. That is not hard to see or understand. And Putin is ‘evil’ in every sense of the word.
What he has done to his people.
His threats to nuclear weapons to get his way.
The real problem is that we went ‘cheap and easy’ after the Cold War. We should have put stricter controls on Russia and not let it back-slide the way it did. It should have been an economic rival greater than Germany, but it ended up an over sized North Korea.
Originally Posted by The Dumb Gun Collector
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