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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I'm going to disagree here, my guess is Russia is about to go through another decade or two of hell, if I was Pointman I'd be terrified right now.
there is no good end to this for ordinary Russian's they have two possible futures, Putin stays in power but only by reverting to Stalinist levels repression while the country remains an international pariah becoming poorer than Khazakstan or Chechnya or their is a coup/civil war that takes down Putin, and the truth is while we might veiw this as our best outcome it almost certainly also brings year of upheaval, poverty and death within Russia, once again pray thanks to whichever God you believe in that we live in Canada
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I was really just talking about the idea of NATO bombing Moscow. That's just not a realistic fear.
SOMETHING bad happening is extremely realistic of course. But it's much more realistic that Russia enters some kind of a civil war for example or starts breaking up internally than NATO bombing Moscow. (And no the former doesn't look at all likely either.)
As for the predictions about decades of hurt, there are always more paths than people think. Just think back how much the world suddenly changed in the last month. There are a million different possibilities for Russia ranging from rapid improvements to a completely failed state.
While it doesn't look great now, there are plenty of examples from history where the fear of things spiraling out of control lead to positive developments instead of negative ones.