by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Oh boy. Putin really faked people like me out, didn’t he. There we were, thinking it was at least possible that he would strike this Christmas weekend … and then nothing happened. And, yet, there continues to be an alarming amount of evidence that Putin is up to something when it comes to Ukraine.
It definitely seems as though Putin is preparing the way for a major offensive against Ukraine pretty soon. The next deadline, at least in my opinion, would be Orthodox Christmas. It’s on January 7th this go round, so that would mean there is now a two week window for Putin to strike. That definitely jibes with the continuing saber rattling I’m seeing on Twitter.
Putin is now demanding that NATO assure Russia that it will never admit Ukraine. If he doesn’t get that security guarantee, it definitely sounds like there will be a price to pay for the West.
And, yet, this really could still be just a flex on Putin’s part. A very expensive flex. He’s known to occasionally do shit like this over the last few years.
Something would have to happen that made us all sit up and take notice. Something different that was a clear indication that Putin meant business this go around.
That, to date, has not happened. So, who knows. But the thing you have to remember is Trump would benefit greatly by there being a Russo-Ukrainian Winter War. By the time it was over, the average person really might not care about what happened on January 6th and Trump could very well be named Speaker of the House by Republicans as a lulz.
Get ready for anything.
