Commentary
Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine directly targets the Kiev government, but dismantling NATO has been another energizing mania.
NATO’s Vilnius, Lithuania, summit confirms Putin has lost his NATO war.
Putin despises the alliance. NATO defeated his beloved Soviet Union (a Russian Empire hawking utopian Marxist pap). Further insult: NATO defeated the Russian Empire without a macho major war. For the better part of five decades the alliance demonstrated the united will of diverse nations to morally, militarily, and economically resist political intimidation, threatened invasion, and threatened nuclear annihilation by Moscow’s assorted tyrants.
Putin’s anti-NATO propaganda campaigns confirm his obsession. Here’s the typical pattern: Russian operatives and proxies make false but sensational accusations such as “NATO is preparing to attack Russia” or “NATO is militarizing the Black Sea.” Pro-Russian protesters appear before cameras. Digital media propagate the lies….