NATO leaders not playing the same game as Putin

Fears of a Russian incursion are being deliberately mongered by the brain trust at NATO high command who are playing to the masses in order to pour fuel on the current unlit powder keg, but they cannot keep their fear du jours in order.

We should all keep in mind that Russia has produced some of the world’s best chess players and their military generalship is historically renowned for its strategic deception operations, or maskirovka as the Russians call it, writes Scott Taylor.Illustration by DonkeyHotey

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

January 31, 2022

OTTAWA—The NATO narrative is very simple and very concise: Russian President Vladimir Putin has massed his troops along the Ukraine border and is poised to invade. The early intelligence reports predicted that this inevitable military incursion would take place in December and then was revised to...

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