“If Europe suddenly wants to start a war with us and starts it,” Putin said, then it would end so swiftly for Europe that there would be no one to negotiate with in Europe. Putin used the Russian word for “war”. He also suggested that the war in Ukraine was not a full-blown war and that Russia was acting in a “surgical” manner which would not be repeated in a direct confrontation with European powers. “If Europe suddenly wants to fight with us and starts, we are ready right now,” Putin said.
NOTE: imo there is a lot of saberrattling going on lately. Its all part of the political game. Pls let’s keep our heads cool with clickbait titles and speculations. I can sympathise with the worries and that these are trying times for us.
They are struggling with their “not a full-blown” war a bit too much to make that a credible threat …
Putin or Russian state media threatened us several times already with their nukes and how they’re going to fight us. This isn’t anything new. He was already supposed to nuke us when we sided with Ukraine, gave money to them, when we provided weapons to them. I believe something like that was said in connection to the sanctions. There was supposed to be a skirmish in the baltic sea if we don’t let the rusty oil smuggle ships pass… and then there was a new threat with each new delivered weapon type, tanks, missiles, aircraft and probably countless other incidents when Russia supposedly was going to engage in war with the rest of Europe. Yet here we are…
How can he say that when they can’t even win a war against Ukraine?
Simply because he has no problem to send millions of people as cannon fodder against EU, like he is doing in Ukraine.
And in his mind, as long as he is alive, he win. Never mind if his country is destroyed.
First rule about compulsive liars: There is always a bigger lie. Especially when your last lie is exposed.
iiuc, some analysts say bluff, others say it makes clear Putler doesn’t want peace, others say Putler, Chinan, NK and Iran want to proactively destabilise Western democracy in order to create a new world order. I’m inclined to conclude, probably all the above mentioned reasons. And, to my dismay, depending on how one looks, they’ve been petty successful in their long-term plans.
From a neg. pov:
- destabilising EU: corrupted national and EU politicians, Brexit, Hungary, Slovenia, Invasion & annexations Ukraine, Moldova
- destabilising USA: supported and influencing US politics and the rise of Trump.
- Africa: destabilising sahel region, rising Ruso-Sino influence, Suez canal.
From a pos.pov.:
- rallied democracies to become more unified i- ncreased decoupling & scrutiny concerning Ruso-Sino economies.
- awakened awareness of dependencies and fragility of democraciesin in all continents ( who’s friend and foe). -push for more ( green) energy and technological autonomy
It’s now all in flux and there is a strong momentum now, indicating that the outcome will be maybe decided in the next 1 -5 years. Have most probably missed many things…This is just my take after reading some analysis.
The only possible missing ingredient is if Putin has a terminal illness and unfettered control of Russia’s nuclear arms. Similar problem with Trump, but his dementia will hopefully prevent the worst as he’ll lose the ability to make those decisions, and his handlers presumably want a continued existence on this planet (for now).
It’s probably a strategy to create extra pressure concerning the ongoing negotiations and “peacetalks”.
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