Liberal Forum

Cannonpointer » Yesterday, 11:31 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 11:31 pm

They made excellent sense - but they werenot uke strikes. They were NATO strike. Which is why Putin is left without wiggleroom. He HAS to take NATO's mask off - and coupkraine is NATO's mask. 

The strikes cut Russia's strategic bomber fleet damned near in half. If you're NATO, and you're poking the bear, taking some inches off its claws is a good move. 

And yes, the strikes will very likely transcend the obliteration of Coupkraine's seat of government. But it's the obliteration of the government in Kyiv that I am predicting. I think the other strikes pretty are much an absolute certainty.

The odd part of this whole thing is "Why are we still enemies with Russia?"
On one hand, NATO has at its core the mission to counteract Russian aggression. Supposedly.
On the other hand, I'm having trouble seeing the "Russian aggression" these days.

So, I tend to lean in your camp that it's NATO aggression rather than Russian.
They are, as an organization, trying to justify their existence... I guess.

ps
Any military that can claim it is battle hardened wields considerably more intimidation.
Is that why, in part at least, there's always a fight someplace? We're always eager to practice our craft.