President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia.
I think NATOs response would have to be a strong, decisive one. No NATO member wants the Alliance to look weak. Nobody wants World War III, either, but I think they’d conclude that showing weakness is riskier than calling Putin’s bluff.
Thats the one lesson we’ve learned, these pricks believe we are too afraid to fight, it’s like playing poker when you have more chips so you just outbid the other guy out.
We are orders of magnitude stronger, but when the assumption is that we won’t stand up for anything they don’t see a downside.
I think NATOs response would have to be a strong, decisive one. No NATO member wants the Alliance to look weak. Nobody wants World War III, either, but I think they’d conclude that showing weakness is riskier than calling Putin’s bluff.
Thats the one lesson we’ve learned, these pricks believe we are too afraid to fight, it’s like playing poker when you have more chips so you just outbid the other guy out.
We are orders of magnitude stronger, but when the assumption is that we won’t stand up for anything they don’t see a downside.
Bullies always push until you push back, always.