>We have a supposedly mentally unstable , murderous dictator with paranoid delusions of persecution I think that's a bit of a media portrayal? He's a leader that is watching his country slowly fall into insignificance. His tactics are quite focused and concerned only with outcome, if it needs more force, use more force. From his perspective NATO has popped up all around him, he doesn't have the Western perspective of a defensive posture, there is only power. He also has China being vastly more successful even when based upon a comparable political system, and essentially gaining new territory and ports all over Africa, and owning much of Canada and America. It's the same in Antifa and Islam. There is no negotiation or context, there is only submission to their point of view. If you had that mindset and you saw your enemies culture and government being overrun by faggot influencers, a latex puppy fag and an admiral in a dress, then you would calculate that now is a really good time to reclaim your lost territory. I think that blocking SWIFT was a bad move, as that's all our cards played now