it seems like you can't 101 into military geopolitics and military history. all hitler could do to ussr was a lot of damage, but there was no way for him to win the war, and his generals realised this very early into the invasion.  and the problem with nato is exactly the same as with the wermarcht. russia is militarily undefeatable purely due to geography, but enough damage can be done to it to bleed its people. borrell in this sense is no different from hitler, in terms of mental degeneracy
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