• thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    Ready to fuck around. Not ready to find out.

    Threatening and posturing to destabilize Europe and NATO, while going heavily on grey zone warfare and divisive misinformation campaigns. At the top, should not want any kinetic warfare against NATO, but rhetoric, ‘yes’ men, and arrogance may make some think they can and should.

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, but that’s kind of what they’re already doing, in which case it’s not news. He’s implying they have some nebulous new kind of readiness.

      Maybe they do, maybe he’s just trying to get everyone on board with rearming. Which I guess is a good idea in any case.

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      11 hours ago

      That’s Putin, always claiming he’s got a royal flush even when just holding a pair to try to intimidate the opponent into folding. It’s the same every time.

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        6 hours ago

        Saddest part is his grand strategy is literally open source, i.e. “Foundations of Geopolitics”, written by a Russian ultra nationalist, taught in Russian military academy’s. Main points are weakening NATO and US by supporting internal strife and divisions, allowing Russia to take back its “land” and sphere of influence.

        Top many willing useful idiots for them to use. . .