Bofferbrauer2 said:
I think they know that by now they have mostly trash hands but still manage to bluff their way through the game of war. But with the Russian economy starting to crumble and inflation starting to get really bad, I think they feel they are on borrowed time and between a massive rock and a hard place: They can't end the war without gaining what they're asking for (as it would cause both uproar in Russia and strongly diminish their international standing as a greater power, plus potential future weapon exports would certainly be much fewer if they pulled out), but they can't go on for much longer like this (economy getting more and more out of control, as does the inflation despite all the actions from the kremlin to counter those and the bailouts of war-critical companies, plus signup bonuses to become soldiers are rising higher and higher, showing that it's getting harder and harder to find volunteers for the war, plus of course their increasing lack of military hardware), so Putin is just happy to have some fool in the oval office that takes everything he says at face value and still has the Soviet Union at it's prime in the back of his head when talking about what Russia could do to get a chance at receiving what they want despite not being able to get it otherwise. |
Yep, well said and fleshed out. I think that we can all see how the end point might look but it may take a while to get to that point.
Sometimes the things that need to be done the most will be very difficult. If Ukraine can keep mustering up the will to continue then victory will be theirs....... eventually
