The fact that what the outcome would be was well understood back in 2014 is what makes the whole thing so frustrating. It’s not like nobody could’ve predicted how this would play out. It’s that ideologues within the US actively marginalized and excluded experts from the discussion so that they could get their proxy war.
I think they overestimated what effect the loss of nordstream and western trade would have and the efficacy their vassals armed by NATO while underestimating Russia’s other partners and their industrial and military capacity.
The incorrect assumptions are different every time but it’s always bourgeois leadership puffing their own fumes.
The fact that what the outcome would be was well understood back in 2014 is what makes the whole thing so frustrating. It’s not like nobody could’ve predicted how this would play out. It’s that ideologues within the US actively marginalized and excluded experts from the discussion so that they could get their proxy war.
I think they overestimated what effect the loss of nordstream and western trade would have and the efficacy their vassals armed by NATO while underestimating Russia’s other partners and their industrial and military capacity.
The incorrect assumptions are different every time but it’s always bourgeois leadership puffing their own fumes.
Indeed, and we’re seeing the same massive miscalculation playing out in the trade war with China now.