Putin's only real hope here is that depriving western Europe of gas will causes a fracture in the western alliance due to cold and hardship. . If the EU holds, and NATO holds, come spring, Putin's days are about over.
Putin's only real hope here is that depriving western Europe of gas will causes a fracture in the western alliance due to cold and hardship. . If the EU holds, and NATO holds, come spring, Putin's days are about over.
I think / hope that backfires. I don't see any of the major players knuckling under, and undergoing hardship imposed by a foreign power doesn't have a serious track record of producing submission. The UK and Germany both proved that point in WWII with massive amounts of bombing not significantly reducing citizen resolve.
My main hope is that the governments of Europe resolve to never let themselves be in this position again. It is an increasingly interconnected world, and complete energy independence might not be completely feasible for all nations, but being in the position they are currently in with regard to Russia is damn near criminal negligence.
Putin's only real hope here is that depriving western Europe of gas will causes a fracture in the western alliance due to cold and hardship. . If the EU holds, and NATO holds, come spring, Putin's days are about over.
I think / hope that backfires. I don't see any of the major players knuckling under, and undergoing hardship imposed by a foreign power doesn't have a serious track record of producing submission. The UK and Germany both proved that point in WWII with massive amounts of bombing not significantly reducing citizen resolve.
My main hope is that the governments of Europe resolve to never let themselves be in this position again. It is an increasingly interconnected world, and complete energy independence might not be completely feasible for all nations, but being in the position they are currently in with regard to Russia is damn near criminal negligence.