Russia and Ukraine

[Anomalocaris]

I see you're still huffing putins farts about nato and proxy wars.  Putin is in no position whatsoever to achieve his goal in ukraine.  His aim, he states this repeatedly, he's stated it recently, is the dissolution of the ukranian state and the eradication of ukranian identity.  

Everything he's done has put him further and further away from that objective - so if this is how we're supposed to measure whether or not he's a master strategist, looks like a hard no.

Hyping the fact that the opponent’s stated goal is thwarted does not change the fact that his essential goal is within reach. 

only under very few circumstances does it behoove any thoughtful strategists to clarify his true goals rather using some contrived statement of goal as a tool to create the condition conducive to attaining his true goals.

And it is against Russia’s essential goal,  not stated goal, that U.S. and NATO waged the proxy war.