Be a puppet state either way, she just wants to signal that she’d be an enthusiastic puppet.
Her entire legitimacy at this point consists of being recognized by Western organizations and now grovelling to a hostile foreign power. She’d be the worst type of puppet.
Assuming she is appointed as the leader of the country, she can use that position to save people from callous deaths that would otherwise happen with a full US occupation.
It’s a harm reduction measure, rather than a path to victory
Be a puppet state either way, she just wants to signal that she’d be an enthusiastic puppet.
Her entire legitimacy at this point consists of being recognized by Western organizations and now grovelling to a hostile foreign power. She’d be the worst type of puppet.
I’m not so sure
Assuming she is appointed as the leader of the country, she can use that position to save people from callous deaths that would otherwise happen with a full US occupation.
It’s a harm reduction measure, rather than a path to victory
What B’s she is only thinking of herself and getting herself in power.
Quisling