3 ms·
You missed the step where he needs to brutalize population into submission. This will take time and mountains of corpses. He can’t just put a puppet there and c
by tlear 5y ago
You missed the step where he needs to brutalize population into submission. This will take time and mountains of corpses. He can’t just put a puppet there and call it a day. Puppet will be dead by week after. No he has to occupy the country and crush the opposition.
- xtian 5y agoWilling to put money on that?
- outworlder 5y agoRisky bet, since this scenario has already happened before.
- xtian 5y agoSo you're willing to put money on it?
- squarefoot 5y ago> No he has to occupy the country and crush the opposition. In a country the size of Ukraine, controlling cities isn't easy, the risk of transforming the conflict into a guerrilla is too dangerous. Tanks would have to level down entire cities block by block to get full control, and that would likely result in a bloodshed with lots of casualties also among Russians. As much as Putin acts like a dictator, he still need some kind of support from his own people and pro-Russia Ukrainians.