We begin to distance ourselves from being overly reliant on doctrine, programs, and policies to train and educate us. Daily reminders embedded in our life and within our culture should be fueled by autodidactic behavior that emboldens us.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.
