RE: Russia and Ukraine
March 2, 2022 at 12:56 am
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2022 at 1:02 am by Anomalocaris.)
The fact that he is invading Ukraine shows he is clear eyed.
It shows he He correctly judged the west’s interest in Ukraine is comparatively minor and expendable, while russia’s is existential. So he can keep raising the stake, and the west will in reality fold long before he would.
And he is making that clear by taunting the Ukrainians and the west with a truck convoy that is a sitting target, to show the west will absolutely not match his stake.
At the final analysis, he is trying to secure the credibility of a country’s strategic nuclear deterrence and with its that country’s ability to pursue independent foreign policy in the long run. you think western sanction that may take 5% off of Russian GDP for a few years would be seen as even a moderate price for so great a stake?
It shows he He correctly judged the west’s interest in Ukraine is comparatively minor and expendable, while russia’s is existential. So he can keep raising the stake, and the west will in reality fold long before he would.
And he is making that clear by taunting the Ukrainians and the west with a truck convoy that is a sitting target, to show the west will absolutely not match his stake.
At the final analysis, he is trying to secure the credibility of a country’s strategic nuclear deterrence and with its that country’s ability to pursue independent foreign policy in the long run. you think western sanction that may take 5% off of Russian GDP for a few years would be seen as even a moderate price for so great a stake?
