![]() Millions of Russians clearly want nothing to do with this fratricidal war, which is one reason Putin has been desperate to keep them from hearing anything about it other than weird Soviet-era cant about neo-Nazis and weapons of mass destruction. and Europe should resist such provocations.įirst and foremost, NATO intervention would help Putin by allowing him to rally his nation and impose even harsher measures to suffocate dissent. But it would mean war between Putin’s regime and the West, and this war would be such a gift to Putin that we should expect that he will soon do everything he can to provoke it. NATO intervention in Russia’s war on Ukraine could halt that country’s barbarous attacks. Only one military force in the world can save Putin from utter humiliation now: NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Russian economy is in a deep freeze and is likely to stay there for years. The Russian people are going into the streets, prompting the regime to arrest thousands. ![]() At home, Putin distrusts his own security services and is apparently purging some of his top spies. The Russian air force has underperformed even the lowest expectations perhaps Russian pilots should have spent more time getting training and logging flying hours instead of doing fancy maneuvers at foreign air shows. The vaunted Russian army has turned out to be a hollow force whose major skill sets seem to be bullying its own conscripts and killing foreign civilians. Despite his limited gains on the ground in Ukraine, he is facing strategic defeat in a war that no one (including me) would have expected him to lose. ![]() Russian President Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Sign up for Tom’s newsletter, Peacefield, here.
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