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You definitely wouldnt talk like this infront of Russian-Russians. Just because you have no blood running in your veins, doesn't mean your country wholly relies on "bluffs" as a political tactic, or else Russian heads of state would have been assassinated left and right, like Iran's.A genuine Soviet checking in. The biggest weapon Russia has is the fear of their enemies. As long as you believe we can meddle in your elections or can detonate a bomb in London we feel we're winning. I don't understand why westerners don't get this. We actually can't do any of this.
Btw even Iran's bluffs arent real bluffs, but meant for their audience's consumption. Bluffs do not exist in World Politics in 2024-2025, every intel agency knows to the precise details, the munitions, individuals, weak spots, numerous war-gamings scenarios, etc etc: where they stand vs their political rivals.
The escalation we're witnessing is sassy Anglo-American tricks to give Trump excuse to say "dastardly dems want to create disasters for me to clean up" meanwhile the real engagements, in the back rooms, continue on, independent of who is selected as president.