Apologies for the alliterative title, I simply could not resist. It's difficult to say aloud quickly five times.
Col. Ralph Peters (USA, Ret.) writes on matters military for the New York Post. His topic today is an estimate of what territories Russia's President Putin plans to reconquer or otherwise annex to his nation.
All but one are the former SSRs that became independent when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991. The exception to this generality is Poland, which Peters seems reasonably certain Putin wants.
Putting Humpty Dumpty back together was too much for all the king's horses and all the king's men. It remains to be seen if Putin can put Greater Russia back together.
Peters seems to think Putin can do it because the West won't be willing to go to war to stop him. Given current public opinion, Peters is probably correct.
