Far from it.
If the extent of the short-term measures that could be implemented to overcome the impossible situation we backed ourselves into, willingly, was to turn off some lights, stop public fountains from mid-squares, close doors and put some limits on AC usage in the summer, we deserve everything that's coming. And I'm almost sure it's coming.
I see everyone is wondering if Putin will drop the bomb or not. That is a valid concern, for anyone in Europe in particular. But maybe for a later time.
Before we get there... The question we should ask ourselves is how will Europe make it through the winter.
Maybe we should start praying for an extended Indian summer! That will mess up Putin's plans for sure.
But until then we have a series of "coincidences".
First coincidence.
Something happens to Nordstream 1 & 2, at the same time, and they start leaking serious amounts of gas. Words of sabotage are being thrown around from high levels. Hmmm, any proof? Until that is found, pointing fingers can be met with "It wasn't us. We want to know what happened there just as much as you do, because that affects our exports to the EU.".
The second coincidence.
Putin announces partial mobilization of reserves. Countless Russians fled the country to avoid it. Nobody stopped them. For an authoritarian regime, that's pretty strange. Doesn't that raise any flags?
Of these people, I've seen some statistics these days saying over 100k Russians entered EU countries or Finland, from where it's easy to go to the EU.
I'm sure part of them are legitimate people running away from being drafted and being sent directly to the war. But what if this flood of people is used by Russia to transfer lots of destabilization forces in Europe, dissimulated as people running away from the war?
If the winter will be harsh and problems will likely grow throughout the old continent, don't you think discontent will grow among Europeans, and people may need just a little push here and there to "explode"? If they'll need it...
That wouldn't be Russia's doing either... Officially.
Maybe we can through in a third coincidence.
There were also some sudden and often strange changes at the top of the government throughout different countries in Europe.
By the looks of it, mind games and covert operations started a while ago on the old continent.
