"Candidly, short of the commitment of US military forces into Ukraine proper, I'm not sure he was deterrable. This has been a long-term objective of his that goes back years," Milley said. "I think the idea of deterring Putin from invading Ukraine, deterring him by the United States, would have required the commitment of US military forces, and I think that would have risked armed conflict with Russia, which I certainly wouldn't have advised."
People are impatient. Destroying Russia's economy and bankrupting its oligarchy is eminently possible but will take time. If handled right, by the time this is over Russia will have a bloody nose that it will need years to clean up. If done right.
ReplyDeleteThat's how the Soviet Union crumbled. Reagan /Thatcher playbook.
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