Thursday, December 22, 2022

Putin’s Bad Bet

Austin Bay writes on matters military for Creators’ Syndicate and his essays are often linked to by the guys at Power Line. Today he writes about what he calls “Putin’s Latest Bad Bet: Strategic Bombing.” He reviews the history of strategic bombing, see his conclusion.

Putin bets cold, hungry and bombing-terrorized Ukrainians will surrender, even if the British, Germans, Japanese, Ethiopians, et al. did not.

I think that’s a bad bet.

Bay reaches the same conclusion as George Friedman, which I related here