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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is just one example of how he will undermine other nations to achieve his ultimate goal, and, unless America and other European nations begin taking action, it won’t be the last time he will take military action in the face of resistance, according to a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer.
While there is difficulty across the globe to push back against Putin’s current war with Ukraine, Rebekah Koffler, a former DIA officer and author of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America,” spoke with Fox News Digital about the need for America and other European nations to act quickly to implement a “deterrent strategy” to Russia’s aggression.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law legislation that could punish journalists with up to 15 years in prison for reporting so-called “fake” news about his military invasion of Ukraine.
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Describing the strategy, Koffler said it would be similar to the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) strategy which was used heavily during former President Reagan’s administration amid the Cold War to prevent a nuclear war. The MAD doctrine was developed when the U.S., USSR, and other allies kept large quantities of nuclear weapons so that they were capable of destroying different regions if they were attacked.
Putin is steps ahead of America on a number of issues as a “direct result of [Russians] doing their homework,” Koffler said, adding that Americans can push back against a lot of ongoing problems from Russia if we “start doing our homework again and actually putting both intellectual and financial resources into a counter strategy to Putin’s playbook.”
Speaking about research which suggests a war between Russia and the United States is inevitable, Koffler said it is time for other NATO countries…
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