No, he means that Russia got into a war with Japan or with some other folks (like, say, Crimean War) due to the tendency to rush warmwater ports.
Russo-Japanese War being one of causes of Revolution in Russia is not really a controversial statement. WW1 was a bigger contributor...
Then again,
which revolution do you mean?
It was a fairly direct cause of
1905 Revolution, albeit the spark of discontent from war fell into welcoming ground.
Still, wars are risky affairs, especially ones on far end of the supply line against the enemy with short supply line and rough parity in army strength.
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