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Originally Posted by Destined_Fate
Look at it this way, the forces on the front lines aren't even true blooded Russians and remember that they lured out the BETA. This wasn't an invasion and they had the forces on hold to deal with it after they all died.
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While I agree with everything posted, I think this is the part that bears repeating. The Russians are
not putting Kamchatka at risk of being overrun by BETA by their backstabbing stratagem here. They're losing one flight of TSF and a few tanks (indeed, they specifically didn't resupply their armored forces, so they're actually losing even fewer tanks than they would be otherwise--no reason to throw good equipment after bad, plus it set the stage to lure Zhar Flight out of position so as to interfere with Argos Flight). Cold, ruthless, and self-centered, definitely yes, but not an act of utter idiocy.