I understand it perfectly well. Putin is a savage. But the idea he is going to attack the Baltics only makes sense if Trump turns a blind eye or NATO blinks. And that's on us in the West.
I did not mention attacking the Baltics. He is planning to bring us under his sphere of influence using hybrid methods.
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The way to deal with Putin is to deal with the cuckoos in our own nest. The likes of Trump, Orban, Wilders, Le Pen etc. These people are not being elected by Putin. They are being elected by Americans and Europeans. Until we address our own houses, militarism is simply building up false hopes in places like Ukraine and playing into the hands of the weapons industry. More arms to Zelenskyy doesn't address the cuckoos in the nest that we must confront.I did not mention attacking the Baltics. He is planning to bring us under his sphere of influence using hybrid methods.
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That said, it would be folly to ignore the noises he is making about protecting Russians in Europe states as he did with Ukraine. He will be hoping to do that with new political friends across the West.
It seems that you might be missing the obvious. Do you think that the boats and migrant fury, the they/them LGBQT hysteria and the likes are not a part of the Kremlins strategy. Their troll farms, their sponsoring political voices to stoke these fires, social media, news mothpieces like Carlson, Musks X et al. Until we deal with Putins regime and secondary infektion we will face more of the same as they and a further drift to the right.
It seems like you want to be snotty tonight.
And whether it is Putin's strategy or not - I'm sure it is - it is also the strategy of many Americans and Europeans. We need to start looking INSIDE as well as outside to see the threat. Chaning Putin's regime will still not eliminate the likes of Orban or Trump. It's way beyond Russia. We are being eaten by our own.
Clearly NATO are happy to expand (when it suits its members). Finland is proof of that. And, yes, they want to expand without risking a nuclear war - hence the rules you are referring to. But if they are not taking in, say, Ukraine or Moldova, for their own reasons, then they've drawn their line in the sand. What we are left with then is a forever war or stalemate that will end as soon as the Americans elect Putin's puppet next year. A mess.
Snotty
I have no issue with this. I think the West owes it to the Ukrainians to give them as much support as possible. But it is obvious the appetite is not there. if the West really really wanted to support the Ukrainians, they would invite them into NATO immediately. But they won't run that risk - probably correctly. So. it's limbo. And that plays into Putin's hands.Snotty
Ukraine should be supported to the point that they can push Russia out of the occupied Ukraine lands.
I disagree. NATO as a defensive entity has the structure, governance and command and control elements already in place. Its structure, training command and control functions are already stress tested and functional with close cooperation between allied states.
