I doubt many of my regular readers are familiar with so-called “Tankies.” These are people, often with sincere well-meaning intentions, who at the moment are unwilling to consider the war in Ukraine as anything other than entirely the fault of the United States.
An excellent discussion of the issues at hand. Very thought-provoking and gives me a better understanding of both the history and the contemporary situation. My understanding of Russian history is very limited indeed (my interest has always been in all things British) so forgive me if I ask a foolish question: what on Earth made Putin think putting an army in the field in Winter was any kind of a good idea, a winning strategy? Has any army facing a Russian Winter ever really succeeded? I could well be wrong, but didn't both Napoleon and Hitler come to grief there? My only guess is that Putin is trying to secure his legacy and knows that his days in power, and perhaps on Earth, are sharply limited. I also note that a number of highly influential Russians have recently found themselves on the wrong side of their windows and wonder if there might be one somewhere in the Kremlin with Putin's name on it.
An excellent discussion of the issues at hand. Very thought-provoking and gives me a better understanding of both the history and the contemporary situation. My understanding of Russian history is very limited indeed (my interest has always been in all things British) so forgive me if I ask a foolish question: what on Earth made Putin think putting an army in the field in Winter was any kind of a good idea, a winning strategy? Has any army facing a Russian Winter ever really succeeded? I could well be wrong, but didn't both Napoleon and Hitler come to grief there? My only guess is that Putin is trying to secure his legacy and knows that his days in power, and perhaps on Earth, are sharply limited. I also note that a number of highly influential Russians have recently found themselves on the wrong side of their windows and wonder if there might be one somewhere in the Kremlin with Putin's name on it.