It’s endlessly amusing that the terrible Russian threat is purported to be taken seriously by anybody not immediately bordering it. As usual, only Trump is there to call a spade a spade and Russia a paper tiger. It has been mired for years in dirt-poor Ukraine half-heartedly supported by the West for chrissake, a state of affairs set to continue for many more years, by all appearances.
Sure, it has nukes, which would be a problem if the leadership decides to go out with a bang, but nothing could be done about that in the medium term militarily speaking, so all the EU fussing, taken reasonably, could only be a pretext for internal power struggles, with generous propaganda helpings.
For a country not in immediately bordering Russia , but not separated by a convenient ocean , taking Russia seriously means being in a position to support countries that do border Russia.
It’s endlessly amusing that the terrible Russian threat is purported to be taken seriously by anybody not immediately bordering it. As usual, only Trump is there to call a spade a spade and Russia a paper tiger. It has been mired for years in dirt-poor Ukraine half-heartedly supported by the West for chrissake, a state of affairs set to continue for many more years, by all appearances.
Sure, it has nukes, which would be a problem if the leadership decides to go out with a bang, but nothing could be done about that in the medium term militarily speaking, so all the EU fussing, taken reasonably, could only be a pretext for internal power struggles, with generous propaganda helpings.
For a country not in immediately bordering Russia , but not separated by a convenient ocean , taking Russia seriously means being in a position to support countries that do border Russia.
Yeah, but this doesn’t have much to do with conscription. Getting the moribund industrial capacity up to speed does make sense on the other hand.