Based. We should do this with all super powers/large nations.
Estonian Medvedev
Please no regional warlords with nukes
Are people who actually support this unaware or willfully ignorant that most of those states they imagine will be a Russian majority? The only place in Russia where seperatist state wouldn’t just be an enclave surrounded by Russia would be the south Caucasus
Controversial. If Russia becomes democratic those who want to quit will, like chechens, should quit. But forceful dissolve just give them a goal to resolve, make a bigger army with better guns and unleash vengeance. Humiliation isn’t working
for those who only read the headline, IMO the most interesting bit:
> **Russia’s military might is probably greater than we would like to believe. Their warehouses are full of weapons and their human resources seem limitless.**
> It is one thing how many of those things they have in warehouses between here and Vladivostok. The other is what someone considers a loss and is able to swallow. We in the West live in the age of post-heroic war where losing a single person is a tragedy that we all need to discuss.
> It seems to me that Russia sees losing 500-600 men per day as a sign of strength, something they can do. That we can also lose tomorrow, while you cannot afford that, and, eventually, I will come and take what’s mine. If that is the state of mind, it will be very hard for Ukraine to stop before every single occupier in Ukraine has been destroyed. Therefore, I see no happy ending for this thing.
> The Russians have now taken the Ukrainians to a point where they cannot stop before they hit the border, which spells even more destruction for Russian troops. The Russians see those losses, and the Derzhava being treated to a beating by Ukrainians, whom it has run down in its media, will cause them to take it out again somewhere. Therefore, I cannot see this conflict ending before Russia changes completely.
> **What could change Russia?**
> It’s difficult to say, but Russia should no longer be a great and powerful country that feels it has the right to do whatever it wants. Russia should dissolve into smaller countries with less power and ambition. Otherwise, I say again, I cannot see a good ending to the Ukraine war. We [Estonia – ed.] are moving toward the situation in Israel. This means being constantly prepared for something to happen. Not today or tomorrow, but the times are not about to take a turn for the calmer.
> **You’ve suggested that Estonia should be vigilant and prepared irrespective of how the war in Ukraine goes. Will it happen in four, three, or even two years according to your recent forecasts?**
> I cannot count on it not happening. As a military man, as EDF commander, I have to count on the possibility of something happening. And I’m calculating, our headquarters is calculating all the things we must be ready for. The likelihood of it happening is anyone’s guess. But in terms of military power, history, experience… I say we have to be ready.
What he is suggesting is that, if Russia doesn’t fall apart in some way or form, then they will continue to terrorise it neighbours.
Aren’t suggestions like this fueling Russian propaganda?
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Based. We should do this with all super powers/large nations.
Estonian Medvedev
Please no regional warlords with nukes
Are people who actually support this unaware or willfully ignorant that most of those states they imagine will be a Russian majority? The only place in Russia where seperatist state wouldn’t just be an enclave surrounded by Russia would be the south Caucasus
Controversial. If Russia becomes democratic those who want to quit will, like chechens, should quit. But forceful dissolve just give them a goal to resolve, make a bigger army with better guns and unleash vengeance. Humiliation isn’t working
for those who only read the headline, IMO the most interesting bit:
> **Russia’s military might is probably greater than we would like to believe. Their warehouses are full of weapons and their human resources seem limitless.**
> It is one thing how many of those things they have in warehouses between here and Vladivostok. The other is what someone considers a loss and is able to swallow. We in the West live in the age of post-heroic war where losing a single person is a tragedy that we all need to discuss.
> It seems to me that Russia sees losing 500-600 men per day as a sign of strength, something they can do. That we can also lose tomorrow, while you cannot afford that, and, eventually, I will come and take what’s mine. If that is the state of mind, it will be very hard for Ukraine to stop before every single occupier in Ukraine has been destroyed. Therefore, I see no happy ending for this thing.
> The Russians have now taken the Ukrainians to a point where they cannot stop before they hit the border, which spells even more destruction for Russian troops. The Russians see those losses, and the Derzhava being treated to a beating by Ukrainians, whom it has run down in its media, will cause them to take it out again somewhere. Therefore, I cannot see this conflict ending before Russia changes completely.
> **What could change Russia?**
> It’s difficult to say, but Russia should no longer be a great and powerful country that feels it has the right to do whatever it wants. Russia should dissolve into smaller countries with less power and ambition. Otherwise, I say again, I cannot see a good ending to the Ukraine war. We [Estonia – ed.] are moving toward the situation in Israel. This means being constantly prepared for something to happen. Not today or tomorrow, but the times are not about to take a turn for the calmer.
> **You’ve suggested that Estonia should be vigilant and prepared irrespective of how the war in Ukraine goes. Will it happen in four, three, or even two years according to your recent forecasts?**
> I cannot count on it not happening. As a military man, as EDF commander, I have to count on the possibility of something happening. And I’m calculating, our headquarters is calculating all the things we must be ready for. The likelihood of it happening is anyone’s guess. But in terms of military power, history, experience… I say we have to be ready.
What he is suggesting is that, if Russia doesn’t fall apart in some way or form, then they will continue to terrorise it neighbours.
Aren’t suggestions like this fueling Russian propaganda?