I do not support imperialism of any kind, on principle. That includes Russian and American imperialism. I also do not want any war and hope instead for peace, everywhere.
With that said, I would most certainly prefer a multi-polar world to the new world order, a global mono-culture of domination, debasement, genocide, and slavery without hope of escape. It appears that, for now, China and Russia are the main obstacles to the new world order, and that the globalists want to contain and eventually destroy Russia. In that case, if Putin determines that WWIII is absolutely inevitable, and his attempts at a limited war fail, he can engage in asymmetric military maneuvers as he suggested. The path to victory for Russia in a (non-nuclear) broader war is actually to launch a devastating strike on Israel with conventional weapons. Russia can win a conventional war in Europe if it had to, but it cannot win a conventional war in Europe against the American military, which would almost certainly go nuclear. The goal in the following scenario is to prevent that from happening.
If Putin moved enough S-400's to his naval base in Syria, he could impose a no-fly zone over Syria. When Israel inevitably breaches the no-fly zone, he would refrain from shooting down their jet, instead announcing that he will conduct a peacekeeping limited strike mission against Israel at the request of his Syrian ally (just like he did with the Donbass Republics in Ukraine). It would not be hard to list a litany of Israeli incursions as proof that these actions were necessary, and if Russia wanted to challenge Israel diplomatically first, they could rely on Israeli chutzpah to carry on violating Syrian airspace. Russia could use the same exact playbook once again, and comfortably rely on the same results. The goal here is in fact to create a broader conventional war in the Middle East, by leaving Israel a sitting duck through a much larger missile strike than anticipated. If Putin positioned enough Iskander missiles, he could launch hundreds of missiles and completely debilitate Israeli air defense systems, military infrastructure, air force, and navy, virtually overnight. After 24 hours of massive air strikes, Russia would then announce an end to all hostilities. Israel, like Ukraine is not a NATO member, so there is no European alliance to invoke. There would be no invasion of Russian troops. All Russian military activity would end in 24 hours.
Instead, after such a strike, Hezbollah and Iran would be free to engage Israel, according to plan. If Putin sold S-400's to Iran, they would stand a very good chance at winning such a war and liberating the Middle East. America would almost certainly come to Israel's rescue, drawing them out of Europe, where Russia is then free to target NATO missile installations at a time of their own choosing. If Putin ever wanted to keep American troops out of Europe and in the Middle East, once deployed, he then could target airports across NATO countries, though he likely wouldn't have to. The entire Shia world would descend on an Israel without air defenses and with a crippled military, this includes Iran, most of Iraq, and Lebanon. There would be a Palestinian uprising.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey would surely get involved, being Sunni countries and American allies. The race would be on to see who would control Jerusalem, Jews, Sunnis or Shias? This leaves Europe free of American troops, who by now would be in the Middle East, and would draw Muslim terrorists away from Russia's southern border, which has been an American tactic used against Russia in Afghanistan and later Chechnya. Why do you think America left $80 billion dollars of military equipment in Afghanistan? Muslim extremists would all go to participate in the liberation of Palestine and the retaking of the holy land. Additionally eliminating the threat of Israel would earn Russia the eternal gratitude of the Muslim world, something very important for the Russian empire which has so many Muslims, yet is officially an Orthodox country. A second consequence would be massive Muslim support all over Europe, and a giant American backlash against another war killing Muslims in the Middle East. There would be deafening calls to remove America from Europe.
American aircraft carriers and supply lines would be at the total mercy of Russian hypersonic missiles. As long as America does not engage with Russia directly, however, Russia doesn't have to sink them. They can instead let them be drawn into an almost guaranteed defeat, where at any time Russia can decide the fate of the war. Russia's primary goal is to keep the conflict off Russia's borders, America out of Europe, and the conflict from going nuclear. After America's nightmare war against Iran ends, Russia can negotiate a new security architecture in Europe from a much stronger position against a country with it's reputation ruined, riddled with debt, and exhausted from war. It doesn't matter how long that takes.
If Turkey deployed it's military assets south in an attempt to restore a (Sunni) Ottoman empire, and in any way threatened Russia's naval base in Syria, or did it's coalition partners (the USA or Saudi Arabia), Putin could then retake Constantinople from the north and own the Bosporus straight, giving him total control of Russia's access to the Mediterranean Sea. This allows Russia the opportunity to become a true naval power on the world stage for the first time in their history. Russia could conduct air strikes and missile launches 24/7 on Istanbul and Ankara from it's own air bases on southern Russian soil. Syria would side with Russia against Turkey, a country who owes it's existence to Russia. If Russia remained committed to taking Istanbul, then the fate of their Syrian port (if lost) would in effect become irrelevant, and her supply chains would actually be much shorter. I have the suspicion that Greece, another Orthodox country, would also ally with Russia in a war against Turkey, despite being a NATO member, engaging Turkey in warfare in the Mediterranean and Cyprus as they are want to do. Military action by Russia from the north, Greece from the west, Syria and Iran from the south, and Armenia (another Russian ally) from the east against Turkey would tilt the scales in favor of a Shia victory, and American defeat in the region.
A Russia victory over Turkey would leave them with Constantinople, including the Bosporous, and all Turkish lands to the northwest of the Anatolian peninsula (Thrace). Serbia could assist Russia to take Thrace if needed. Greece would have full control of Cyprus. China would certainly take advantage of this incredible opportunity to lay siege to Taiwan. India and Pakistan too would be tempted to engage one another, and so on. This is how empires end, with war, and this would be the end of the American empire.
What would America prioritize, their control of Europe, the containment of China, or the defense of Israel? We all know the answer. Besides, both Russia and China have nuclear and hypersonic weapon systems, and ironically, America would too if they had prioritized weapon systems development instead of twenty years of war for their greatest ally (at the cost of over $10 trillion USD).
How does restoring Russia, retaking Constantinople, potentially liberating Palestine, and bankrupting the American empire sound for a legacy? Better than another devastating war in Europe, for which he would be hated, that's for sure.
In this scenario, I know many of you are thinking about Israel's "Samson option," where they have threatened to destroy the world's cities with nuclear weapons if Israels existence is called into question. When I thought further about it, that's incredibly preposterous. If Israel loses the war, and Israel's nuclear subs launch, are they really going to target the remaining Jewish population in the world, which lives almost exclusively in Western cities? That would be self genocidal. I think not. Would Jews in New York, London, and Paris really engage in a nuclear war with Russia (with Israel gone), thereby risking the total genocide of the remaining Jewish population of the world? Russia could announce that any nuclear strike on their territory would result in the annihilation of New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Miami, etc. The extermination of your people is a pretty good deterrent.
Check mate.
If we were to have such a Middle Eastern war, there is still a high risk of a limited nuclear exchange between Iran and Israel, which is why Iran is going to need a lot S-400s. I know that everyone is afraid of a greater war in Europe right now, but the likelihood for war in the Middle East is far greater due to America's unparalleled commitment to Israel, which is conveniently far from both Russia and China. Europe exhausted itself in WWI and WWII, and still hasn't fully recovered from it, the memories are too strong. There is absolutely no will for a greater war in Europe. Even Russia knows that it would have a hard time occupying all of Ukraine, much less Europe. The greater war, if it were to happen, would be in the Middle East and quite possibly Asia. If Russia and her allies needed to, they have the capabilities to start (and win) this war in a conventional, non-nuclear manner. All Putin has to do is light the fuse, presuming he is in fact a Russian nationalist and not a part of ZOG. If he is part of ZOG, then I suppose it will just be more White people killing each other.
That's the thesis anyway. Now, let's hope it doesn't come to this, that cooler heads prevail, and we can in fact live in a world at peace. If you are in Europe, hopefully you'll find this post reassuring.