Confrontation is required but no one wants to do it. Because they fear the consequences. Meanwhile russia continues due to a lack of consequence.
Confrontation is required but no one wants to do it. Because they fear the consequences. Meanwhile russia continues due to a lack of consequence.
As soon as we allowed nuclear brinkmsnship to run cover for unprovoked invasions, we gave away the game. Now russia gets to pick us off one by one.
This is where I strongly disagree. I think russia got all the consequences possible and then some. Economy, population collapse is not a joke.
Ukraine fights alone. 100.000 men short. Losing territory. Relentlessly bombed. The West its credibility and deterrence in shambles. And the war isn't over yet. It's the West scrambling for peace, not russia.
It's not merely fear of consequence, it's also lack of capability. Europe is too weak. That's what invited russian aggression in the first place.
We'll see in a year. Europe did screw up, no doubt about it, but russia screwed up more.
Or it just implodes like ussr did.