Quote Originally Posted by BrentWilliams View Post
What has he gained from a strategy of deniability that no one actually believes? What would have been the result of simply seizing Eastern Ukraine and Crimea when this started?
BW--it is not what he gains but what he can "sell" and right now he is selling the story "it ain't his troops, money or mercenaries" extremely well.

Like water off a ducks back one might say.

Remember what he is selling is not always focused at the EU/US but at his internal consumer who will elect him overwhelmingly in the next election.