I understand what you are saying. What bugs me is that the US spends s hell of a lot of money on defense. The playbook for de-escalation to a rival like Putin seems to be cowering. Maybe we could save a lot of money here?
> On Mar 6, 2022, at 4:08 AM, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When the Roman empire got defeated by Germanic tribes 2000 years ago, emperor > Augustus was devastated and shouted "Varus, give me back my legions!". The > long column of Roman soldiers which was ambushed and eliminated reminds of > the 60 km Russian convoy near Kyiv that is ambushed now. It seems to me that > Russia is losing the war. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest > > Doesn't it make sense from a psychological perspective to offer the Russian > president a path towards de-escalation where he can save his face, despite > everything which is happening in Ukraine? If Fiona Hill says he will press > the red button when he is cornered then I believe her > https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340 > > -J. > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
