Vlad 2.0 - NOT The Man Trump Remembers From 1st Term
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Trump optimistically said he'd get a very quick end to
the nasty Ukraine war.
BUT - the Vlad he knew is NOT the Vlad of today.
Vlad is caught up in "conquest fever" now - a sort
of all-or-nothing, a "I control ALL or I control
NOTHING" psychology. Vlad is no longer the chess
player, but the conqueror.
VAST quantities of blood and silver expended here.
Vlad doesn't care. His goal, his "holy mission",
to restore the old USSR, has taken precedence.
He will burn the entire country for this goal
without hesitation.
Internal resistance - NO ! You will immediately
have an 'accident', "falling off balconies" is
popular, or worse. He has become a new Stalin.
Vlad FINDS his foes - and ELIMINATES them.
Rule by terror.
So, alas, the counter-measures HAVE to be to
seriously escalate the CONSEQUENCES for Vlad
and Russia. This means supplying Ukraine with
more longer-range weapons, better air defense,
and more effective sanctions which will tax
the Russian economy. Vlad has found ways
around some of the current sanctions, so better
schemes are needed.
Vlad 1.0 was annoying - but Vlad 2.0 is
outright scary. Leaders with a "holy
mission" - and mass quantities of nukes -
are a SERIOUS problem.
Recent estimates ... Vlad has put together
a 670,000+ army for a "summer offensive"
in Ukraine. Most will be slaughtered, but
Vlad doesn't care. The "holy mission" rules.
SO, unfortunately, Trump HAS to change tacts.
No more 'negotiations', just constant and
serious RESISTANCE. A war of attrition and
endurance.
Sometimes things are just like this ...
sorry. Gotta DEAL however.
There IS a certain hyper-isolationist faction
in the USA. While I understand their sentiments
they are just WRONG when it comes to today's
world. "Over There" just CANNOT be ignored.
You can be SMARTER about dealing with it, but
you STILL have to deal with it.
First up for Ukraine ... secretly improved
medium/long-range drone tech - stuff that CAN
reach major Russian mil/infrastructure assets.
Even a little better "bob-n-weave" tech in the
drones is a huge advantage - a lot more will
get through. USA must hide its hand here, but
also must rise to the occasion.
Alas, this thinking is NOTHING new ... I've been
looking at Sumerian history. It's all the same.
NOW we are increasingly putting the Power-o-Gawd
into human hands - and they ACT like it. A single
tac-nuke ... and there WILL be semi-plausible
excuses ... into Kyiv at the right time and this
war is OVER. Vlad 2.0 really MAY dare. It's
"Victory or Nothing" with him now.
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