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| Recently-retired MI6 head Richard Moore, Financial Times |
"According to Moore, there are two Putins. One is the cold-eyed realist, the ruthless leader who cuts deals when he has to. This is the Putin who last year accepted the loss of Syria and the ousting of his ally, the dictator Bashar al-Assad, and sought only to protect Russian bases there. The other Putin is ideological and has 'a deeply wired feeling that Ukraine doesn’t have the right to exist.' This Putin invaded Ukraine and his objective, says Moore, is not to bargain over slices of territory but to dominate.
"In Moore’s view, the only way to confront the ideological Putin is to pile so much pressure on him that he is forced to choose between fulfilling his legacy project in Ukraine and holding on to power. That’s why Moore argues that Ukraine should have the right to strike deep into Russia, and that more economic pressure should be brought to bear on the Putin regime. 'This is a very, very winnable contest,' he says. 'It’s particularly important that we don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.'”
~ from an interview with the outgoing head of the UK's Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth, 'Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’'
3 comments:
I sense that's exactly right, especially the last part about striking Russia at home. John Lewis shows in his book 'Nothing Less than Victory', beyond any doubt that states only lose their willingness to wage aggressive war when the consequence of that war get brought home to their populace at home. He shows how that's been the case for around 15 wars stretching back 3,000 years, with the most obvious and dramatic turnaround being WW2 Japan.
Does anybody think past the end of their nose?
This ex spy has no doubt been drinking the cool aid.
Does anybody believe that a few missiles deep in to Russian territory will stop the war.
OR
Will Putin unleash serious bombardment of Kiev or other major cities in direct retaliation.
"... OR will Putin unleash serious bombardment of Kiev or other major cities in direct retaliation."
What the hell do you think your hero has already been doing for the last three years!! In retaliation simply for being Ukrainian!!
You're clearly an idiot: no wonder you don't use your own name. I suggest you stop reading the products of Russian troll farms.
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