That_Bloke
Full Member
War economy is no silver bullet and can only be maitained for so long.
Furthermore the economic sanctions are hurting Russia, though not as badly as we first thought, and Iran as well as NK's support isn't infinite. Let's not even talk about the horrendous losses the Russians sustained in the last two years. I personally see the story about Russia wanting to take on NATO and western Europe as a pure fantasy. It will never have the economy nor the military means for that, no matter how hard they try. It's also one thing to "conquer" a country but a whole other to hold onto it.
I personally don't believe that it's ever been Putin's intention. It's part of the war to depict the enemy as delusional and irrational since it makes things easier for your population to swallow, but to the contrary to the popular belief, Putin's not Emperor Palpatine and certainly not suicidal. It's ridiculous to even think an invasion of western Europe is feasible given the state of Russia and its NATO counter-part and it's absolutely baffling to me that people even entertain this idea.
I do think however that if the West keeps dragging its feet, Ukraine is going to lose a part of its territory and won't be a NATO member anytime soon.
Furthermore the economic sanctions are hurting Russia, though not as badly as we first thought, and Iran as well as NK's support isn't infinite. Let's not even talk about the horrendous losses the Russians sustained in the last two years. I personally see the story about Russia wanting to take on NATO and western Europe as a pure fantasy. It will never have the economy nor the military means for that, no matter how hard they try. It's also one thing to "conquer" a country but a whole other to hold onto it.
I personally don't believe that it's ever been Putin's intention. It's part of the war to depict the enemy as delusional and irrational since it makes things easier for your population to swallow, but to the contrary to the popular belief, Putin's not Emperor Palpatine and certainly not suicidal. It's ridiculous to even think an invasion of western Europe is feasible given the state of Russia and its NATO counter-part and it's absolutely baffling to me that people even entertain this idea.
I do think however that if the West keeps dragging its feet, Ukraine is going to lose a part of its territory and won't be a NATO member anytime soon.