President Putin Went to War but Refuses to Fight by Paul Craig Roberts!
(2023-02-27 at 16:20:20 )

President Putin Went to War but Refuses to Fight by Paul Craig Roberts!

"Russias elites have no stomach for this fight and a deal is being worked out through backroom channels."

"please read here:"

As I have pointed out again and again and now again, President Putins idiotic-indeed mindless-way of conducting war has destroyed the credibility of the Russian military. I am becoming convinced that the outcome of the nonsensical "limited military operation" will be either Russian surrender or nuclear war. By continuing to encourage provocation on top of provocation, President Putin is backing himself into a corner where his only option is surrender or nuclear war. It is extraordinary that the Kremlin does not realize the danger in the picture of weakness and indecision that the Kremlin and Western propaganda have created.

If soon a Russian-Chinese mutual defense treaty is not announced and President Putin does not use sufficient force to quickly end the conflict in Ukraine, unless Russia surrenders nuclear war is a certainty!!

At the present time Victoria Nuland has more control over the conflict in Ukraine than does President Putin. The President of Russia is vastly overshadowed by the neoconservative Undersecretary of State. She has already completely frustrated President Putins "limited military operation" and turned it into a far wider war. She has succeeded in removing all the barriers to the expansion of the war that President Biden proclaimed. Given that the Kremlin is all talk and no action, how long before there will be American-Nato troops assaulting Crimea??

It seems President Putin Has Been Drawn Into a War that He Does Not Want to Fight.

The Rand Corporation is the Military-Security Complexs Think Tank. The comments by its members confirm my reporting that President Putins "No-war War" has destroyed the credibility of Russias military. Are Russian nationalists so politically weak that the pro-West Atlanticist Integrationists can prevent a Russian victory? "please see here:"

President Putins failure to use the necessary force to subdue Ukraine has increased the confidence of United States policymakers and will lead to more provocations of Russia. In effect, the neoconservatives have dismissed President Putin as a capable opponent. There is danger in this conclusion.

China faces a similar situation!!

China will not go to war because 100 United States soldiers are sent to Taiwan. When next 1,000 arrive, that is not enough to fight over either. The failure of Chinese reaction, other than angry words, will encourage more United States intervention until nuclear weapons are deployed in Taiwan.

The reason the neoconservatives are so confident is that neither the Russian nor Chinese governments seem capable of acknowledging reality. Their intellectual failure to comprehend is boxing them in and leading to nuclear war!!

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