Baldseagull
Well-known member
The risk is not that Russia would make attacks on NATO countries, the risk is that he might be able to sell a war with NATO to Russians, and be able to have a larger and wider conscription, without losing the tenuous support he has in the population.
I don't think Putin will want to up the stakes before the result of US elections, so now is the time to do it, he will hold off hoping for Trump to come in and appease him. And once his red line has been crossed without a war declaration from him, it will be harder for him to sell it later on, after the US election.
I don't think Putin will want to up the stakes before the result of US elections, so now is the time to do it, he will hold off hoping for Trump to come in and appease him. And once his red line has been crossed without a war declaration from him, it will be harder for him to sell it later on, after the US election.