Over the past month, you must have seen a ton of “credentialed” western military experts predict the imminent defeat of Russia in Ukraine. Other equally “credentialed” western economic and political experts have been equally busy predicting the imminent collapse of Russian currency and economy, while some are certain about the imminent fall of Putin. What makes the “predictions” especially remarkable is that they started coming out within a week of the invasion. There is, of course, another name of this sort of “analysis”- wishful or magical thinking. But the current crop of “experts” and “leaders” in western countries are so consumed by wishful groupthink and removed from physical reality that I seriously doubt they are even capable of understanding the difference between wish and reality.
This is all very interesting, but we still lack any real information about the developments in Ukraine. So I cannot really form an opinion on the war, or Russia's assumed competency.
But yes, the macro-speculation seems correct. The "west" still needs Russia's resources.
This is all very interesting, but we still lack any real information about the developments in Ukraine. So I cannot really form an opinion on the war, or Russia's assumed competency.
But yes, the macro-speculation seems correct. The "west" still needs Russia's resources.
So you are not even pretending to be anything but a Russian shill now.