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Why NATO Is Powerless Against Putin in Ukraine: Putin’s Asymmetric Blitzkrieg

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The timing of Putin’s troops entry into Ukraine under the ISIS smoke screen in Iraq was no coincidence. A recent Economist article, titled Mr. Putin’s Wake Up Call, made the case for increased troop levels in Poland to send a “stronger signal” to Putin.

The Economist’s editorial thinking with regards to Russia is flawed in this case. Putin is not using conventional military strategy and tactics; he’s playing his own version of asymmetric warfare, and this cannot be countered with conventional doctrine.

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  • YankeePapa

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    …Europe prepares:  Included, Operation Dynamic Mongoose…
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    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe-puts-its-finger-on-the-trigger/ar-AAdgUQR?ocid=mailsignout
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    -YP-

  • YankeePapa

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-%E2%80%98beat-ex-wife-and-had-secret-facelift%E2%80%99-claims-sensational-documentary/ar-BBhNXlW
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    -YP-

  • RichardLewis

    https://twitter.com/BrandonTWebb so what would a NATO asymmetric plan look like from your perspective? would it be a simple change in policy or require a delicate and precision build-up?

  • HAMMER2ZERO

    Well said and concise analysis, Brandon. Cheers.

  • Minou_Demimonde

    asimd It depends on what part of the Ukraine we’re talking about. The Crimea is definitely populated with people who have a strong Russian bias. I don’t think that, left on their own, they would have merged back into Russia, but, having been, at least in their opinion, forcibly restrained from forming a separate territory, the majority is happy to run back to Mother Russia.
    But the Crimea is not the Ukraine. And many Ukrainians who have hated the Russians for generations, because the Soviets were hardly the first to believe that the Ukraine belonged to them by right as well as might.
    This area has a long, long history of unhappy interaction, and there is no way that this is going to end well.