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Of course. And this is why I repeatedly try to warn people not to take my SEEMINGLY rosy broad strokes as guarantee of easy victory. Sure I heap a lot of praise in my writing on the Russian/Allied forces and duly so, in many areas. But of course NATO/West have many other levers and pressure points to continue escalating and this is not over by a long shot; there are still extreme dangers remaining. Nor is Russia completely in the clear in any way, they are also suffering from MAJOR problems on every conceivable front. From internal military dissatisfaction, arms/ammo supply issues, liberal 5th/6th column wings doing everything in their power to end the SMO, etc, etc. This is NOT as clear cut as it sometimes sounds.

With that said it's quite obvious what NATO's one true trump card is, which is a nuke/biological falseflag which would be pretext for ingressing their forces under pretext of 'humanitarian intervention' or 'creating humanitarian corridor to help the nuked/chem'd civilians' flee to neighboring country etc.

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I think that many expect a false flag type action that provides cause for further escalation, but even the demented and clueless Biden administration must have some internal contrarians that have enumerated the massive downsides to spreading this war wider, or engaging with NATO troops directly. So despite their apparent obliviousness, they must have heard the RAND Corps list of caveats and warnings, and I am sure there are plenty in the military that are not eager to ramp this up further. I expect that in the near term one main strategy will be to quietly encourage more mercenaries from NATO countries to "do their duty for freedom" and pay their own way to Ukraine to wage war on the infidels. This has clearly been a background tactic for some time, and will probably be encouraged further.

We will see if they have the sheer stupidity to give Russia reason to change tactics again and massively escalate their long-range warfare to another level. The US and NATO are in a bit of a bind due to the lack of support among their populaces. So the sneaky route might be more tenable than a major false flag incident. We shall soon see.

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Wall Street Journal: “US Is Not Yet Ready for Great Power Conflict” Yet Still Plots Against China.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/03/wall-street-journal-us-is-not-yet-ready-for-great-power-conflict-yet-still-plots-against-china.html

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5th and 6th columns for opposite reasons:

-5th column, aka oligarchs and Courchevel, Marbella, London lovers want life back as before 02/24(they can dream, will not happen before one or two generations).

-6th column, they want full war not only against ukies but to bomb London, Brussels and D C.

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