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This. People think it's only Putin, and everyone else in their government is a normal person just waiting for their turn to introduce western democracy there.
With all due respect, I think Russia has a few failures left in it. >

There’s this thing called a “failure cascade” where an event (a small failure, or a major battle defeat) bleeds into one thing, into another, into another, and the whole effort can unravel SHOCKINGLY quick. Like an engine with a small problem, and suddenly it’s dead.
I am not sure when it ends (I think before Summer), but you will be surprised how quickly it all comes down.
It’s actually called Cascading Failure, but I just like the word sequence I put out of nostalgia. >

Eve online vet? >

I was there. >

I was in Delve with goonfleet when BoB lost(an allied corp not goonfleet proper) which is the only time I ever heard the term "failure cascade" hehe. >

There have been a few over the years. There was even an alliance that went by the name. They had a pretty cool logo if I remember correctly. >

TIME for some good old fashioned ATACMS >

I think they will wait with those for when the Iranian rockets arrive. >

They’re never going to stop. Putin will destroy his entire economy and social infrastructure before he gives up and admits defeat. He will probably die or be overthrown before we see a white flag. >

You say they’re never going to stop and then list three plausible scenarios in which they would stop. >

And he literally said that these 3 scenarios are extremely unlikely to happen, so /u/xoangieeee s point still stands >

And even if those things do happen it's still unlikely they'll stop.  They're a country led by a cabal of hundreds of mafioso thugs all waiting to sieze control and become the next murderous plutocratic Czar, each and every one of them as bad as Putin if not worse.