Russia's Strategy in War Against Europe
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> Second is by clear communication by European leaders, that any act of sabotage, aggression and other acts of hybrid warfare will have analogous and larger scale responses on the Russian soil. You send 20 drones? We will send 40.
Had Kennedy listened to advice like that in 1961, chances are we wouldn’t be here today.
Escalate in kind. For every Russian screw up punish 2x; for every good russian thing respond with good 1x.
It's worth noting Russian politicians and tv idiots like to talk s** about nuclear ... I don't think the Russian military is so reckless.
Goodness let's stop getting so wound up about this ... putin knows nato is a real line. We do too. For the rest of it play in kind and insight political division in the Baltic and rRussia.
And Europe .. sorry you have to deal with the Trump administration in the way he acts and talks. But you still have to get your military going ... nato is better with a strong EU. And me and my friends will work hard to get Trump to lose majority control in congress next election. He's an asshole.
To all Canadians and Europeans: you're the good guys. We'll try to get our act together and lame duck the hell out of Trump.
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>But what if it’s wrong?
Indeed, what if putin is wrong?