Originally Posted by
Asturias56
By definition Pistons statement is unproveable - if there was no aggression was that because the potential target had the correct military forces or was it due to pressures within the aggressor or pressure from outside or maybe they never had any plans to invade in the first place- we'll never know.
No, not "by definition".
Pistons's premise depends on a major conflict occurring. He is entitled to use that as a start point of a logical sequence. Where he goes wrong is the continuation of that train of thought..
As for Putin at the moment, yes, the "distraction from domestic problems" might be needed [dreadful Vaccine take-up] but I doubt if the hijack is news in Russia so this is not a classic distraction.