I still don’t really get why the spending has to increase if Russia’s military is so desolate. Why is there discussioneof mandatory military service in Germany if it’s simply to “defend” against an enemy that is too weak to actually be a threat?
that only it has happened because the Russian military command were too scared of Putin to actually tell him the truth.
Sorry, that is just motivated reasoning to frame Putin as an unstrategic maniac.
The Russians have shown great ability and resolve to switch to a wartime economy and ramp up military industrial production while Europe has struggled for years just to increase their artillery shell production. The belief is that if the war in Ukraine ends, it won’t take Russia long to replace their loses.
That’s just bullshit. Russian’s military (it’s not just Putin - he’s an authoritarian, but he’s not a supreme leader - he has to watch his step very carefully or the next authoritarian will take his place) definetly did have a strategic interest in the black sea. That’s why all that annexation of crimea business started (afaik).
So it’s the Russian government that’s enforcing the nation state’s interest here, definetly not due to the “personal whim” of someone.
Putin can’t afford to be a mad king. He definetly isn’t the only one in the Kremlin who can just disappear people…
Where do you get the impression that Russia isn’t a threat?
Having a military that’s in such a supposed desolate state is mutually exclusive to being a threat. That’s like claiming a teenager with a slingshot is a threat to a gang of polige officers with assault rifles.
Ukraine proves that it very much is.
I don’t follow. The invasion of Ukraine had a strategic motivation behind it (so did the annexation of Crimea). What possible strategic benefit would it have for Russia to attack the EU?
That’s like claiming that the US is about to invade Mexico, because of the Iraq war(s).
I still don’t really get why the spending has to increase if Russia’s military is so desolate. Why is there discussioneof mandatory military service in Germany if it’s simply to “defend” against an enemy that is too weak to actually be a threat?
Sorry, that is just motivated reasoning to frame Putin as an unstrategic maniac.
The Russians have shown great ability and resolve to switch to a wartime economy and ramp up military industrial production while Europe has struggled for years just to increase their artillery shell production. The belief is that if the war in Ukraine ends, it won’t take Russia long to replace their loses.
That doesn’t explain why Russia should have any strategic interest in invading Europe, though.
They didnt have a strategic case for Ukraine either. Its the personal whim of Putin.
That’s just bullshit. Russian’s military (it’s not just Putin - he’s an authoritarian, but he’s not a supreme leader - he has to watch his step very carefully or the next authoritarian will take his place) definetly did have a strategic interest in the black sea. That’s why all that annexation of crimea business started (afaik).
So it’s the Russian government that’s enforcing the nation state’s interest here, definetly not due to the “personal whim” of someone.
Putin can’t afford to be a mad king. He definetly isn’t the only one in the Kremlin who can just disappear people…
Where do you get the impression that Russia isn’t a threat? Ukraine proves that it very much is.
Having a military that’s in such a supposed desolate state is mutually exclusive to being a threat. That’s like claiming a teenager with a slingshot is a threat to a gang of polige officers with assault rifles.
I don’t follow. The invasion of Ukraine had a strategic motivation behind it (so did the annexation of Crimea). What possible strategic benefit would it have for Russia to attack the EU?
That’s like claiming that the US is about to invade Mexico, because of the Iraq war(s).