i'm as baffled as pcr by the putin way of war;

 

 

Death Can Be the Unintended Consequence of Good Intentions

Paul Craig Roberts

Yesterday on Canadian Prepper Nate and I discussed the dangers in Putin’s patience with an ever-widening war and the puzzle that Putin prefers the risk of these dangers to quickly winning the war.

There is no question that the war has greatly widened.  The first widening of the war occurred from the increase in capability of the weapons supplied by the West to the West’s Ukrainian proxy.  These weapons that the West assured would never be sent, such as long-range missiles, were sent.  The missiles and drones supplied by the West to Ukraine widened a conflict initially confined to Donbas, a former Russian province, to all of Russia.  Russian oil production and refining facilities and oil storage depots have been damaged and destroyed.  Russian civilians including school children and vacationers have been killed, airports disrupted, and waiting lines and higher prices for gasoline have inconvenienced the population. Long-range weapons have been used to attack the Russian strategic bombing fleet and Putin’s home.  The war has moved from the Donbas battlefield to deep within Russia herself.

Putin’s response has been to deny that the attacks on Russia are part of the war.  He calls them terrorist acts and distinguishes them from the war which he confines to Donbas. It is delusional not to realize that the war has moved from Donbas to Russia herself........more............