I believe the benefit is making the situation more dangerous and unpredictable, which increases the gravity of the concessions Europeans are willing to make just have it all stop.
I can kind of believe that, except I still think it makes more sense for the losing party to do this as a signal that they will go scorched earth if they lose.
I believe the benefit is making the situation more dangerous and unpredictable, which increases the gravity of the concessions Europeans are willing to make just have it all stop.
I can kind of believe that, except I still think it makes more sense for the losing party to do this as a signal that they will go scorched earth if they lose.