I bet he’s testing NATO. To see what they’ll accept/won’t accept. I picture putin thinking ‘as long as we make it look like a misfire .....is ok?’ Maybe it can be proven either way though 🤷♀️.
“The liminal state of being at war and not-yet at war seems to be something of a sweet-spot for Putin: a zone where reality bends but doesn’t quite break, and where fence-sitter rats scurry to take sides.” Dave Troy wrote that before the full-scale invasion. If you write “at war with NATO” it fits perfectly.
I bet he’s testing NATO. To see what they’ll accept/won’t accept. I picture putin thinking ‘as long as we make it look like a misfire .....is ok?’ Maybe it can be proven either way though 🤷♀️.
“The liminal state of being at war and not-yet at war seems to be something of a sweet-spot for Putin: a zone where reality bends but doesn’t quite break, and where fence-sitter rats scurry to take sides.” Dave Troy wrote that before the full-scale invasion. If you write “at war with NATO” it fits perfectly.