Please excuse my ignorance but I do not understand how targeting a pediatric hospital on the eve of a NATO summit serves Putin well. Is there's some deeper strategy that someone like me could not understand that would make that a good idea? I would guess there is more to the story. Is there?
I think it's been a mistake to view all of this through some 4D chess. That's not how they think. The cruelty is the point; his strategy is to be so cruel that the West gives up, and to invite people like Viktor Orban (a NATO member) to do 'peace' missions.
Please excuse my ignorance but I do not understand how targeting a pediatric hospital on the eve of a NATO summit serves Putin well. Is there's some deeper strategy that someone like me could not understand that would make that a good idea? I would guess there is more to the story. Is there?
I think it's been a mistake to view all of this through some 4D chess. That's not how they think. The cruelty is the point; his strategy is to be so cruel that the West gives up, and to invite people like Viktor Orban (a NATO member) to do 'peace' missions.