What?
The West has cornered him?
What planet does the media and these pundits live on?
He has gotten “everything” he wants. He wins, we lose, and now we are trying to pretend as if he cares about what we say and think.
Ukraine
Republic of Georgia
Syria
Iran
Modernization of his armed forces and intell community
Modernization of Russia’s strategic forces
Massive Russian arms deals in the Middle East
Reversal of Russian declining birth rates
3.4 growth in GDP, better than the US! (we are the ones lying and only looking at the last quarter or some fictitious projections and pretending as if their economy is now imploding, it isn’t). They have things everyone wants to buy: gas, oil, platinum, uranium, weapons.
Look, while the Europeans are pretending to get tough and have a “united stance,” the French are moving forward with selling Russia an aircraft carrier. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/russia-to-order-french-mistral-lhds-05749/
His plan, from day one was never to take over the Ukraine and occupy this place, rather like other semi autonomous regions within the Russian sphere of influence, Russia wants to assure that they remain the uncontested hegemony. The Ukraine that was advancing towards the EU and even NATO is history. That will “never” happen, and even the Ukraine knows this, we know this, Europe knows this. How is that “him being cornered?” He achieved 100% of what he wanted and he did so with practically no casualties and a very low cost in money. We are redefining what success or victory is in order to carve out some semblance in preserving face. This is moronic western self loving media garbage, fueled by Western politicians trying to “take action” and show their relevance, even though they are irrelevant and doing nothing. This is where we spin our failure into some success or at least partial victory...
Good point. Russia is probably not the same amount as desperate as the United States or others would be if they were restricted in resources.