I like to think about what-ifs, and things that do not align with the pack. And in this instance, if we zoom out, the foretold storyline before all this transpired was a new GPC on the horizon. And, if you think like Putin the goal is to create chaos, just enough to draw in your competition.Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:00 pmJust curious: was this tongue in cheek? Please tell me you were joking.youthathletics wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:02 pm Hypothetical....What if, Zelenskyy is really playing the USA, is a puppet of Russia and will die in his grave having said nothing about it, and the end goal is to get China and Russia playing in the same sandbox to form an alliance, that ultimately supports the current GPC.
Prove that it is not an option.....
I get it, in your world as an attorney, the law is the law, to protect honest people and penalize bad. People like Putin and Xi laugh at law and write it as they wish. That must be infuriating to you, it sure is to me. So, one goal for Putin was to find a way to flex and draw in China and the US, forcing them to come to him....meaning what? Yep, that he is in control....although recklessly, which is why we are all flailing around posturing how Putin takes the offramp from all this. IMO, he could care less.
So my initial 'hypothetical' questions the authenticity of Zelenskyy as an optional lane to take for better understanding. An actor, comedian, born a Russian, created a show so he could play president, and argued he would meet with Putin to resolve the conflict and tension. It is reminiscent of a small scale 'catfishing' ploy, that happens daily.
Again, it was for discussion purposes, and not that I believe it is full on true.
National Defense University Press
“China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity. They are determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence. . . . These competitions require the United States to rethink the policies of the past two decades—policies based on the assumption that engagement with rivals and their inclusion in international institutions and global commerce would turn them into benign actors and trustworthy partners. For the most part, this premise turned out to be false.”
—National Security Strategy of the United States of America,
December 2017
