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Originally Posted by grizy
I am basically sure Putin doesn’t like this. Putin isn’t stupid enough to get in a real arms race with US and repeat the mistakes of his Soviet predecessors.
Putin’s strategy... paraphrasing Hamilton’s Washington, provoke outrage, outrun, make it impossible to justify the costs of the fight. Probably could find Hannibal quotes too.
He’s not stupid enough to believe Russia can win vs US (and EU) in a full blown arms race.
Pretty sure you’re looking at this wrong.
I forget where I saw it but a better frame is
Trump (with a wink): Putin, how dare you rob a bank in violation of the law! We are super upset and as a result we are nullifying the law against robbing banks so we too can rob banks!!