You doubt West's economic power? I wouldn't do that if I was you. I never underestimate the West for a simple reason, they are fat sheep. Yes they might get a bit hungry, go for a diet, but I can assure you, they have more than enough fat to ride out the Russians in this one.
Ukraine still has plenty of manpower. As for the economy, IMF is just going to give them some printed money once in a while. Just enough to keep them barely alive and give them some hope
Why do you think the EU has a choice. The EU can huff and puff all it wants, but if the boss says "Jump!", the EU is just going to ask back "how high".
The ultimate proof of that is the NS2 thing. Did you see Germany or any other EU country rebelling against a direct, blatant US economic attack against them? They just said thanks daddy and Scholz was basically licking Biden's boots the next time they met. That's how you know who is the EU boss
No. Vassals are vassals. Vassals, by definition, can rebel but it would take much more for a EU rebellion to happen than the Russian war to drag for a few years more.
Its also funny that you think the public affects anything serious in geopolitics. I can assure you that Biden's dog is more influential in geopolitics than the public. Just a quick CIA media blitz and that public would change its opinion faster than Scholz could count to 10.
I have said it before, never underestimate your opponent. Especially someone who has been a superpower for almost a century.
You think my reasoning is actually some kind of geopolitical 3d chess and that American strategists are idiots? Check this out then, RAND report from 2019. If you are really interested, I would recommend reading the entire report
You provide reasoning here for Russian actions. I don't disagree with you. Tbh I also think that a military action was needed. But why do I need to care for Russia's reasoning for my analysis. Its to the US Strategists' credit that they drove Russia to such a position. That they were stuck in a lose or lose position mean that whatever choice they would have taken would be a strategic defeat.
Thats real power. Driving your opponent to choose between shit option 1 and shit option 2. Whatever he might choose, its still a strategic defeat.
Obviously. In fact, Russia could have turned around the bad strategic situation it was in if its military had performed well. But that's another story, lets not talk about it, we all know who is responsible for Russia's military performance
