The reason for DPRK soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine are now becoming more clear. Russia (Putin) is looking to expand the war because he's losing. His allies are preparing a reason to escalate. And now he has his American puppet to let it happen.
I should probably flesh this out a bit more. It may take 2 or 3 extra posts but hear me out.
I said, perhaps even here on #CounterSocial many moons ago, that Putin, Kim Jong-Un, Xi with Orban and Lukeachenko to a lesser degree, have played Trump like a cheap banjo. They are using his overblown ego and narcissism to their advantage.
They already have America at war with itself and when they make their play Trump won't see it coming. China and North Korea will turn on him.
They will have him isolate America from NATO and that's when they will strike.
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Having weakened American resolve and isolating them it allows countries loyal to Putin to enter into the fray.
China and NK will make their moves in Asia, while Europe will become a larger battleground. Having NATO shunned by Trump means that America will have less support when they attempt to react to China and NK. They basically have taken America out of the equation.
This in turn will leave Israel vulnerable, at least in the short term, because Europe won't be able to fight on two fronts.
The plans for this were made back when Trump was had his first administration. It was delayed when he lost to Biden.
Now that they have propped him up and he has won his second term, they can now continue with the plan.
Putin is not stupid, contrary to belief and he has played this masterfully.
I haven't gone in to much detail but you get the gist of what I'm saying I hope.
This is all speculation on my part and I could be dead wrong, but the pieces fit.
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If I may add one thing. All these military analysts on the news, I believe, are either missing the overall picture or are unsure to say it out loud.
Again, my opinion.
Your analysis is pretty good. Too many “analysts” are too short-sighted. They don’t seem to understand what the fuck a long game is—and it isn’t three months.
I get very frustrated with “analysts” that can’t see beyond four years, much less one.
Putin has been about uniting Russia back to the way it was when it was the Soviet Union. This is said, OUT LOUD in Russia (much like many Trumpers forgetting how bad “the old days” really were).
Good analysis.
@feloneouscat @Tacitus_Kilgore I think part of the reason Putin's messaging has been so successful is that, in its final years, the USSR under Gorbachev was making significant positive changes - if not for the hardliners setting off the chain of events that ultimately led to the collapse, I wonder if the USSR might've even eventually ended up surpassing the USA in quality of life.
That's not the legacy Putin is trying to revive, though; he's trying to revive Stalin's horrific legacy. *shudder*
@feloneouscat @Tacitus_Kilgore It seems to me like a bait-and-switch... writ large.
@feloneouscat Thank you.🙏