“The Russians are coming!” They’re not, of course, but more and more commentators are saying that if they ever do, there will be nothing that can stop them. Western militaries are now so weak that Moscow will crush them like ants.
Anybody who thinks about this for an instant will realize that it’s palpable nonsense. But it reflects a longstanding habit of threat inflation that for years has distorted sensible discussion of the international security environment.
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