Trump had threatened to withdraw from NATO and is very friendly to Russia.
Reading between the lines here is that:
-The overall resolve of Europe and the US is waning on Ukraine.
-Russia is ramping up their military. Like, 30% of their budget is military
-Some US politicians are signalling that not only do they not care about Ukraine, they don’t even care about NATO
-Russia doesn’t have to win wars to meet their goals. They just need to take a chunk, hold the ground, let the coalition decide peace is easier than war and settle with new borders. They’ve been doing this for 20 years. They still haven’t been given a reason to stop. It ALWAYS works out for them.
Those are fair points, but that strategy won’t work if they attack a NATO nation. Even without the support of the US, NATO would wipe the floor with russia.
For real, they haven’t been able to get air superiority against Ukraine despite having many more and more modern planes. They haven’t even been able to get naval superiority against Ukraine who don’t have a navy.
Even discounting the US its absurd to think Russia threatens European NATO with its larger population, vastly bigger economy and much better air and sea forces.
Trump had threatened to withdraw from NATO and is very friendly to Russia.
Reading between the lines here is that:
-The overall resolve of Europe and the US is waning on Ukraine.
-Russia is ramping up their military. Like, 30% of their budget is military
-Some US politicians are signalling that not only do they not care about Ukraine, they don’t even care about NATO
-Russia doesn’t have to win wars to meet their goals. They just need to take a chunk, hold the ground, let the coalition decide peace is easier than war and settle with new borders. They’ve been doing this for 20 years. They still haven’t been given a reason to stop. It ALWAYS works out for them.
Those are fair points, but that strategy won’t work if they attack a NATO nation. Even without the support of the US, NATO would wipe the floor with russia.
For real, they haven’t been able to get air superiority against Ukraine despite having many more and more modern planes. They haven’t even been able to get naval superiority against Ukraine who don’t have a navy.
Even discounting the US its absurd to think Russia threatens European NATO with its larger population, vastly bigger economy and much better air and sea forces.