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do we know what the actual goals of the russians are? In Sun Tzu's inimitable Art of War, he observes, “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are a
by baremetal 5y ago
do we know what the actual goals of the russians are?
In Sun Tzu's inimitable Art of War, he observes, “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive.”[1]
[1] google
- mlonkibjuyhv 5y agoI believe a major objective has been to destabilise the EU. The initial reaction at least looks to have been the opposite.
- rsynnott 5y agoOne fairly plausible explanation is that Putin is not, as everyone assumed, an evil genius, but is rather an evil idiot. But it was probably largely to shore up his internal position (one of the downsides of being a dictator is that your retirement options are limited, so they often go very odd in their old age as they try to avoid appearing weak), and that might even work. There's some indication he's more popular internally than he was a couple of months ago. Like, there's no outcomes here that are good for Russia, but there are outcomes which are good for Putin personally, and that's likely all he's interested in.