The fatal error is they assumed Russia was going to be like Iraq or Libya where they could shock and awe a much weaker nation and that a color revolution movement could be found/generated. Russia was too strong and Putin too popular for either to materialize.
The fatal error is they assumed Russia was going to be like Iraq or Libya where they could shock and awe a much weaker nation and that a color revolution movement could be found/generated. Russia was too strong and Putin too popular for either to materialize.
Yeah, they bought into their own bullshit that Russia was just a gas station with nukes and if they blew hard enough it would tumble.
“if we just kick in the door the whole rotten structure will come crashing down” —Hitler planning Barbarossa