Putin seems to have done a pretty thorough job of eliminating anyone in Russia who might impose consequences on him.
Nixon was good with Brezhnev. Carter came along and we got Afghanistan. Biden’s no different. The pendulum swings both ways on our end and the Russians will always stay the same. It goes back to the Czars. To say that we’re responsible for making them attack the Ukraine is blame American first. Did we make Norway and Sweden want to join NATO? The Russians didn’t learn in Afghanistan and can’t get over their breakup. We need to make NATO stand firm because they won’t on their own.
Putin is so DONE! Stick a Fork in him, he’s done. He will not be in office in a week. More likely dead. His adventurism doomed him and his jerkwater nation. About time!
“Putin seems to have done a pretty thorough job of eliminating anyone in Russia who might impose consequences on him.”
True, and is also one of the issues in this war. Any general with the intelligence or charisma to win the support of his soldiers gets transferred to run a fuel depot in Vladivostok, otherwise he could be a threat to the regime.