Putin wouldn't be stupid enough to directly attack a NATO country... right? He can't possibly see an upside to that
Didn't everybody think the same thing before he invaded Ukraine?
Not everyone. But hey, those warmongering Americans were just at it again, trying to stir up trouble. In fairness, the US lost a fuck-ton of credibility over Iraq. But, they really did see this one coming.
Attacking Ukraine wasn’t as clear cut and he knew NATO wouldn’t go to war over it. Attacking a NATO country directly isn’t something our drunk Russian friends would do even though they like to rattle sabres over it. Putin has sacrificed a quarter of a million of his county’s best young men; he’s scraping the barrel now for more to turn into hamburger. In two generations those quarter of a million would have been over a million young workers in his economy. Gone. Most of his military equipment is destroyed too. He’s got nothing and he knows it. A war with NATO would be the end of Russia.
There's a big difference invading another country and attacking a NATO country though
I remember a couple months of the US saying it was imminent
Putin wouldn't be stupid enough to directly attack a NATO country... right? He can't possibly see an upside to that
Didn't everybody think the same thing before he invaded Ukraine?
Not everyone. But hey, those warmongering Americans were just at it again, trying to stir up trouble. In fairness, the US lost a fuck-ton of credibility over Iraq. But, they really did see this one coming.
Attacking Ukraine wasn’t as clear cut and he knew NATO wouldn’t go to war over it. Attacking a NATO country directly isn’t something our drunk Russian friends would do even though they like to rattle sabres over it. Putin has sacrificed a quarter of a million of his county’s best young men; he’s scraping the barrel now for more to turn into hamburger. In two generations those quarter of a million would have been over a million young workers in his economy. Gone. Most of his military equipment is destroyed too. He’s got nothing and he knows it. A war with NATO would be the end of Russia.
There's a big difference invading another country and attacking a NATO country though
I remember a couple months of the US saying it was imminent