Bingo. This is the answer. Putin’s speech was pretty unhinged but his tactics are the smartest maneuvers he could have made outside of full capitulation to the

Bingo. This is the answer. Putin’s speech was pretty unhinged but his tactics are the smartest maneuvers he could have made outside of full capitulation to the incorrigible Western liberal consensus. Yes, he may fail in the end. But the other options are absolutely miserable. As with all war, the ultimate losers are the working people of every nation involved, and the US has considered them no less than Putin has.