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I’m pretty convinced that they’re sandbagging to see what happens and how little they can try to get what they want. They’re definitely playing mental games wit
by seanp2k2 5y ago
I’m pretty convinced that they’re sandbagging to see what happens and how little they can try to get what they want. They’re definitely playing mental games with the rest of the world. What’s much less clear to me is what the actual goal is and what the state of their country will be once it’s settled. Gain Ukraine, lose connection to the rest of the world and most foreign trade, plus put your citizens through hell…it makes me think that the plan must be much bigger to make this “worth it”, assuming we’re dealing with a rational actor.
- codingdave 5y agoThere were leaked documents of their plan. They expected it to be a 15 day exercise to take Ukraine. The pushback they have received from the entire world was unexpected. I'm not sure of their plans either, but you can be sure that the current events were not their plans. (Or maybe not so sure if everything is propaganda, but this doesn't seem like a well planned effort by any measure.)
- reese_john 5y agoThey've already had thousands of casualities, including two generals and other high-ranking officials[0]. I wouldn't say they are playing mental games with the rest of the world. It doesn't even look like China, supposedly their number one ally, is on board with all of this[1] Clearly, Russia's army is having a lot of problems, and Putin is not that mastermind that some media segments claim him to be. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasimov-second-russian-general-killed-ukraine-defence-ministry-claims https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasim... [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-says-china-refuses-supply-aircraft-parts-after-sanctions-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-sa...