Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has introduced loss of life, destruction and debate over historic analogies. Is that this the summer time of 1914, with nice powers stumbling right into a horrific international battle? Or is it the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939? What about Moscow’s 1939-40 Winter Battle in opposition to Finland? Will Vladimir Putin’s gambit finish just like the Soviet Union’s 1979-89 misadventure in Afghanistan?
Matt Pottinger has been considering of one other battle. Mr. Putin’s tried conquest, and his burgeoning partnership with China’s Xi Jinping, reminds Mr. Pottinger of the Korean Battle. “In 1950, Stalin and Mao and Kim Il Sung badly miscalculated how simple the invasion can be and miscalculated American resolve, a lot as we’re seeing at this time,” Mr. Pottinger, 48, who served within the Trump White Home’s Nationwide Safety Council, says this week. “The roles are actually reversed, with Xi taking part in the position of Stalin and Putin taking part in the position of Mao sending his troops to the slaughter. It’s even conceivable that this warfare could finish similarly, with some form of a stalemate in a divided nation.”
