4 Oct 2023 8:27 pm
Pick up this book here. I found it at a used book store one time and it was really eye opening. The strategies of Alfred Hitchcock in directing his movies. The strategies of Neapolitan politically. It's worth a look. Sun Tzu is kinda a basic book for me but it was interesting,Cannonpointer » 04 Oct 2023, 8:18 pm » wrote: ↑ Clausewitz, unless I am mistaken, wrote primarily about tank warfare. No doubt, his advice will track across domains, as wisdom is wont.
I have not read him - but I have read Sun Tsu - and found it very useful in the field of marketing. As I said, wisdom tracks across domains.
I am confident that Clausewitz - and certain that Sun Tsu - advises against assuming that what you see your opponent doing (or appearing to do) reveals his true intentions.
Neither of us lives inside Putin's head. But I strongly suspect that he has taken what he wants of nazikraine. His motivation now, I suspect, is simply outlasting the retarded actions of the pedophile regime's proxies. There is no question in any sober mind that Putin is, at present, WAAAAY ahead in the game - on every **** level. Including popularity.
Putin's economy is better than it was before the war. His global political reach and reputation are improved. His alliances are improved and strengthened. He cleaned house of some elements than needed sorting out.
Meanwhile, his antagonists are pretty much ****. Germany? ****. They invested in solar (with a climate like western oregon lol), and their backstop was blown up by their puppet-masters in DC. Ukraine? ****, Then triaged, and then **** again. Laying supine, **** for the foreseeable future. The US empire? ****. The petro-dollar is being bypassed and ignored all over the globe, including for the purchase of PETRO. .
There is one and only one participant in the recent bellicosity which has come out stronger, and that is Putin. And I am ****' laffin.
You're right about the intentions of a lot of world leaders. Putin may just want part of Ukraine like he annexed parts of Georgia. Still, the threat of Russia going further is also real. That's just what I'm concluding but I'm not in the CIA where they would say moderate confidence.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.