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> we still treat (or want to) Russia as a rational actor. People clearly do not treat Russia as a rational actor, given that everyone seems to assume Russia pe
by rendall 4y ago
> we still treat (or want to) Russia as a rational actor.
People clearly do not treat Russia as a rational actor, given that everyone seems to assume Russia permanently ends European dependency on its fuel by blowing up their own equipment in NATO territory is the primary actual real go-to theory to be taken seriously.
I'm not trying to dismiss your speculations about mafioso-style thinking. I mean, assuming all of that is true, you still have only that to rely on versus Who benefits directly, materially and immediately by ending European dependence on Russian oil?
- AndrewThrowaway 4y ago12 days has passed and Russia attacks civilian objects all over Ukraine during rush hour as a retaliation for attacking the bridge. What else is this than a butthurt mafioso thinking "you will find out now what we are capable of". There is no military strategy, no tactics, no nothing in today's attacks. Where would you see any Russian rationality today? This is just something a school bully would do, not a military power.
- AndrewThrowaway 4y agoYou could say than in the long term it benefits Europe/Germany. So maybe it is really Danish anarchists. In the short term it benefits Putin - he removes target from his back by not having the keys to the gold mine. Benefits Russian narrative of rotten, irrational, self serving west, USA/CIA acting like they own the world and etc. Really depends how you look at it.
- Gibbon1 4y ago> Russia permanently ends European dependency on its fuel I'm dubious to the max that the pipelines can't be repaired fairly quickly.
- rendall 4y agoThe article indicates not easy or quick.