Any student of Russia's political hierarchy knows Putin's strength and resolve- and the US services have plenty of those.
They/we knew full well that he would react to NATO pressure by creating a buffer state out of Ukraine. For my part I'd hoped that he would do it politically but NATO's weapons-delivery program has tipped diplomacy in favor of war. Surely- that was calculated too- and the calculations have been made by idiots.
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This is 100% the fault of bungling Western "leaders".
*SEE SIG*