Because the permanent [[bureaucracy]] cannot accept that [[reality]] without dismantling its entire [[ideological]] reason for existing, it simply erases the Russian position. It treats Moscow's stated terms as mere opening bluffs, convinced that one more round of [[economic sanctions]], one more batch of loitering [[drone]]s, or one more stern speech will force Russia to accept the hegemon’s dictate. | Because the permanent [[bureaucracy]] cannot accept that [[reality]] without dismantling its entire [[ideological]] reason for existing, it simply erases the Russian position. It treats Moscow's stated terms as mere opening bluffs, convinced that one more round of [[economic sanctions]], one more batch of loitering [[drone]]s, or one more stern speech will force Russia to accept the hegemon’s dictate. |