• @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    Russia has stated many things which are often contradictory and false.

    Regardless, attacking NATO countries would be strategic insanity.

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      -410 months ago

      they are insane tho, but putin don’t want to die, and their fuxked up defense system can’t cope with the ammount of missiles that gonna rain in his head

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        49 months ago

        They’re not insane: everything they’ve done are things they sincerely thought they could get away with, and up until Ukraine Putin has been correct in that regard.

        Pretending to be crazy is an effective strategy: ironically Nixon popularized it during the cold war.

        Attacking targets in NATO countries (even if “justified”) is going to drastically increase the odds NATO gets directly involved in Ukraine – something Putin absolutely doesn’t want.

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      Regardless, attacking NATO countries would be strategic insanity.

      NATO is weak now. I wouldn’t want to bet on that.

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        119 months ago

        It’s not even politics, It’s just math. NATO has superiority in economy, industrial output, operational equipment and manpower.

        Plus they’re too close to Russia for asymmetric warfare rules.

        I would bet on it, but I’d sure as hell wish we could all get along instead.

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          -119 months ago

          The asymmetric warfare will probably occur in other places around the world. There’s many places to pick. 800 military bases around the world that are vulnerable. The industrial output favours the Russians.

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        99 months ago

        Um… Is NATO weaker with the addition of Sweden and Finland? I’m not sure what your definition of “weak” means. I thought having more allies is not weak.