I mean, maybe at least start the process of decoupling from a critical trade partner before going to war to destroy them. Maybe. Or just don’t go to war, that’s a tried and true method of keeping consumer costs down and supply chains operating.
They thought Russian society would collapse within a couple months, because Putin would prosecute the war like they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then they would move in and carve it up into pieces for their corporations.
I mean, maybe at least start the process of decoupling from a critical trade partner before going to war to destroy them. Maybe. Or just don’t go to war, that’s a tried and true method of keeping consumer costs down and supply chains operating.
They thought Russian society would collapse within a couple months, because Putin would prosecute the war like they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then they would move in and carve it up into pieces for their corporations.