The "Drive on Moscow"

This is making me laugh now. The so called "drive on Moscow" was a deception plan. The final Russian military moves, not having been carried out yet probably involve the Belorus front. Prighozin has been performing from a unlikely script too artificial to be genuine. That's one indication. (According to multiple analsyts that is because he "lost his mind." The outcome suggests he hasn't). The lack of genuine verifiable evidence of significant related violence is another relevant indicator of deception.

I agree with some other views that the entire development initially served as a bait. The idea that one division, more or less, of troops with no air support could overthrow the Russian government without secured sources of resupply or other external military support in a time of war is absurd. Other than a couple of unathenticated claimed strela shots at helicopters I didn't see any evidence that the forces "driving on Moscow" had any integral air defense. The whole alleged scheme that an uprising in support of a rebellion could be anticipated is unsupported by any credible evidence of significant social and economic dislocation and dysfunctionality in Russian society such as prevailed in Russia in 2017 1917 or the early 1990s. Where is the demographic and geographic base for an uprising? "I'm announcing my coup drive on Moscow from 600 miles away on social media. Somebody, Please stop me!"

One could argue that the US inability to correctly assess the "correlation of forces" is a characteristic form of incompetence, so it could be true that Prighozin succumbed to western manipulation, in spite of the fact, that the operation was completely impracticable. More likely, it appears to be a trap for the unwary schemers in Kiev. Prighozin is the incarnation of the expression "soldier of the lie." From Linguaholic-

If someone is described as playing 4D chess, that means they are incredibly smart and making political moves that cannot be understood by ordinary people. This phrase is sometimes used by conspiracy theory proponents who believe that Donald Trump (or some other political figure) is fighting a war against a deep state run by evil democrats. Alternatively, people may use the phrase “playing 4D chess” sarcastically, to imply that even though a political figure thinks they’re smart, they’re being obvious and foolish.*

No assassinations, no bullet holes in the walls of public buildings, no bomb craters, no fires, no drive on Moscow, everyone walks away. A treasonous rebellion is nipped in the bud with no violence and no sequelae? Obvious and foolish thoughts?


*https://linguaholic.com/linguablog/what-is-4d-chess-in-u-s-politics/ Note- I borrowed this quote from Linguaholic for a simple description of the expression 4D chess for convenience sake. Never cared much for Donald Trump. He's a PT Barnum type from NY. Learned this as a child.