RE: Russia and Ukraine
February 23, 2022 at 9:09 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2022 at 9:39 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(February 23, 2022 at 7:05 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The West and its allies are able to cripple Russia economically and make any occupation of the Ukraine untenable. Russia’s trading partners in the West and Asia easily exceed its trade with China.
Bear in mind that ‘are able to’ is not remotely the same as ‘are going to’. As Anomalocaris points out, the German aren’t going to let oldies freeze to death, and - more importantly - Western companies aren’t going to let their respective governments force them to sacrifice profits over Ukraine.
Putin’s already won this one.
Boru
No, we lost this one in 2005, when we instigated the color revolution in Ukraine. We started this game with no cards. We thought assertiveness and self-serving moralizing allows us to win the game without knowing the rules. It could hardly have ended any other way.
I think every reaction we have now, every sentiment we express now, shows we’ve learned nothing.
