In general, I agree! But there's limits. We can't even come up with a stupid thing that Putin would have believed, for this to make sense on his own terms. The

In general, I agree! But there's limits. We can't even come up with a stupid thing that Putin would have believed, for this to make sense on his own terms. Then there's the question of capability. We're supposed to believe they do extremely stupid things, but also do it with such superhuman competence that we don't have a clue afterwards.