Putin’s Strategic Failure and the Risk of Escalation

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/01/putins-strategic-failure-and-the-risk-of-escalation-a76690

by zepearl • 4 years ago

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guilhas5• 4 years ago

It seems to me that Putin invasion is stepping on egg shells because, as they stated, they are only interested in military targets, and a quick surrender. Although the war propaganda is scaring everyone and making this objective more difficult

The Russian demand of a neutral Ukraine outside of NATO is not unreasonable

US/UK/EU leaders seem really interested in escalation doing everything they can to antagonize everyone against each other, they really don't care how much regular people suffer as long as Russia is "punished"

Russia has no interest or capability of taking Ukraine or the EU. Say no to war

Imnimo2• 4 years ago

The Russian demand of a neutral Ukraine outside of NATO is not unreasonable.

Ukraine is not Russia's vassal. The ones who get to decide what alliances Ukraine is part of are the Ukrainians. Any "demand" on that question on the part of another nation is unreasonable on its face.

guilhas5• 4 years ago

Agree,

But is understandable how NATO troops and ballistic missiles at their doorstep could be a worry for them. Same as USA would not accept if Canada and Mexico joined some kind of Russian defence union, as we still remember from the 'Cuban missile crises'

And we also still remember US/UK/EU... invaded and bombed Iraq, Libya and Syria and demanded their leaders to step down. And specially in Syria all US made polls indicated that the population was happy with their leader. All those countries population live in worse conditions today

And Ukraine is also in a civil war since 2014

So I would prefer that there was no invasions anywhere, and Ukraine had said no to NATO. But weighting everything I say I am not interested in a world war 3

olliej2• 4 years ago

The Russian demand of a neutral Ukraine outside of NATO is not unreasonable

Talk of Ukraine joining NATO or the EU was significantly influenced by Russia's invasion of Crimea. Russia was not demanding neutrality, it is demanding Ukraine be a vassal state under the threat of .. making it a vassal by force.

Russia has no interest or capability of taking Ukraine or the EU. Say no to war

They literally invaded Ukraine, and are deliberately using illegal munitions on civilian targets.

foverzar2• 4 years ago

Talk of Ukraine joining NATO or the EU was significantly influenced by Russia's invasion of Crimea

It was long before that. Ukraine was practically pushed towards joining NATO during Bush Administration using any "soft" means possible.

Euromaidan (which the US had actively engaged in) also happened before Crimea, not after.

deliberately using illegal munitions on civilian targets

Any solid source to that? Doesn't seem like there is any possible reason for that, other than completely demonizing someone's image.

mensetmanusman• 4 years ago

When discussing with my students the pros and cons of different political enterprises, I would often bring up the observation that authoritarian technocratic systems can indeed benefit from focus. (see: China’s rapid infrastructure progress, state backed technology capture, etc.)

I then immediately point out downside: the increased risk of horribly bad decisions. These occur because a monoculture tends to form and such decisions are less likely in the painfully slow framework of democracy where everyone is ’allowed’ to voice their concerns (see: Parks and Rec).

Putin’s incredibly poor decision completely negates (and then some) the gains made over the past many years.

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

typon• 4 years ago

Why is this post not flagged as off topic?

mckirk• 4 years ago

Because it is interesting to people on this platform?

Koshkin• 4 years ago

Because it is on-topic.

Putin’s Strategic Failure and the Risk of Escalation

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