One way to interpret this is that they believe Putin will attack a NATO country, as John Kirby said publicly. This is really stupid and would never happen. The other interpretation is that they're going to force a bunch of young dudes to go fight Russians in Ukraine. As much as the regime is acting like they're a real empire at this point, I don't see that happening, not with the political climate that's developed. And we mostly owe that climate to people like Tucker and Vivek that push the Overton window the right direction.
I think they're just desperate. Ukraine poured all their manpower into Bakhmut and into the Russian defensive lines this summer and burned up an incredible amount. They've lost this war and all the propaganda won't change the writing on the wall at this point. Especially now that Russia is leading a offensive of their own in all directions and steamrolling them.
There's really no other option other than NATO troops to change the equation at this point, I don't know if they're stupid enough to try though.
One way to interpret this is that they believe Putin will attack a NATO country, as John Kirby said publicly. This is really stupid and would never happen. The other interpretation is that they're going to force a bunch of young dudes to go fight Russians in Ukraine. As much as the regime is acting like they're a real empire at this point, I don't see that happening, not with the political climate that's developed. And we mostly owe that climate to people like Tucker and Vivek that push the Overton window the right direction.
I think they're just desperate. Ukraine poured all their manpower into Bakhmut and into the Russian defensive lines this summer and burned up an incredible amount. They've lost this war and all the propaganda won't change the writing on the wall at this point. Especially now that Russia is leading a offensive of their own in all directions and steamrolling them.
There's really no other option other than NATO troops to change the equation at this point, I don't know if they're stupid enough to try though.