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Originally Posted by akv
...It's a raw deal for the Ukranians, they have my empathy, but they are not NATO, if the Tatars even fart across NATO borders it will be a war that ends Putin and he knows it, even Golfie Boy concerned with his legacy, could duck that.
My $.02 the reduction of US armor in Europe should be reversed just in case he really is a nut, otherwise just sanction the tar out of him. As an American it's also not a horrible thing Western Europe might be spooked into once again increasing their own military spending and capability instead of whining about the Americans who defend them. This American money is better spent on the US economy or ending ISIS. A safe haven for well funded Islamists is unacceptable as 9/11 tragically demonstrated. Finally Putin is the devil we know in a very bad place...
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Certainly agree with your info, sir. But, I don’t think Putin sees the correlation between his invasion into Ukraine and
anything negative, up to and including any sanctions the EU or US might levy. Putin doesn’t give a damn about sanctions or even the use of tactical nukes, especially if he gets in a piss-war with Ukraine. Like the turds who preceded him, Putin sees the Russian people as tools which advance the State, and apart from that the Russian people have no value at all. He’s a KGBer and right now he's enjoying his time in the public eye as the victim. Winter is coming like a reinforced brigade. It’ll weaken any resolve the citizens might have in Eastern Europe, and he'll play to the Russian psyche of noble suffering (especially as they see the west getting through the Christmas season all toasty warm and cheery (and you can bet Putin will play up his “holy victim” status to the world stage)). I agree with building up armor in NATO (along the Belarus border perhaps), and add BMD resources in Poland. I think additional US interest should be given to reconstituting our own defense industry at home. This may be a good time to introduce an unmanned fighter air wing to our CVN-21 program, or deploy more advanced warfighting systems in Turkey. Remind Putin how diverse an enemy he is considering. Also, leak to the Eastern European press some photos of the secret burials of Russian soldiers (bet we have some, too). Bottom line is that Putin doesn’t care about Russians, only about discrediting NATO and highlighting his single handed and heroic resurrection of the Soviet Empire. He comes from a long line of turds.