The U.S. is About to Fall into Putin’s Trap

Wes O'Donnell
4 min readSep 30, 2022

Putin cannot lose to Ukraine.

He will not lose to Ukraine.

But he wouldn’t mind losing to the U.S.

It doesn’t take a room full of CIA experts to realize that Putin is losing this war. It’s nearly impossible for Putin to save face at this point.

His inability to crush Ukraine, perceived in Russia as an inferior nation, has already caused Putin to lose prestige at home and abroad.

So, what does Putin do?

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Wes O'Donnell

Army & Air Force Veteran | Global Security guy at War is Boring, GEN, OneZero | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro-Democracy | Pro-Human Rights