Posted on 03/01/2022 6:13:55 AM PST by lward99
I think he screwed himself over, buying what the Chinese were selling and then tried to have it all to himself.
Putin should have retired years ago
Mostly the authors opinion. I see putin as a meglomaniac moron like hitler ordering the 6th Army not to retreat from stalingrad.
The only facts I see were that the russians launched their attack totally unprepared. They were in field bivouac in the heart of winter on the russian steppe. Then they invaded without topping off their vehicles. That’s platoon level management.
If western intel was manipulating putin by saying he was going to invade, putin could have turned the tables on them by not invading and making them look ridiculous.
Why did there have to be “definitive” moves? The direction was clear, and the West kept shipping more and more NATO equipment and troops.
There is no justification for an offensive war, and the invasion ostensibly to protect Donetsk and Lugansk is disproportionate to its goal. But leaders and people are human and sometimes sin. We are all weak, some in different ways, and in the most extreme circumstances most of us will fall, and all would fall unless our faith is truly great.
The US has gone to war for less than acceptable motives before, for regime change and to squash an opponent’s race to arms. In fact, I supported some of these wars, to my shame and regret, and must do penance for my horrible words and votes. So I understand the temptation to say, as W did to Condoleeza, “**** it, we’re taking him out”.
These are the key points:
Russia (Putin) is not under control of the global order. He is the last imperialist. He stands in the way of the One World Government. Could you see Putin putting up with World Economic Forum chief Klaus Schwab’s BS? They must come off the board.
The Chinese are already on Team NWO — they think they will rule it. The CCP needed to use China’s relationship with Putin to make him feel like he has an ally, but they will not do a damn thing to back Russia up.
The prescribed solution to the Russia aggression is… Cancel Culture. In a few days, the right wing jumped right on canceling vodka, Russian dressing, Russian banking, Russian oil. We will cancel them! Who do you think is next?
In the end, if we are not careful, it will be the globalists as the new Strongmen, and we all will be under their thumbs.
This is why it is so disgusting to see conservatives lined up behind the globalists and their corrupt puppet government in Ukraine, which has been controlled by George Soros since the Ukrainian revolution in 2014 and following orders from Obama and Biden.
Understand, EVERYTHING, and I do mean EVERYTHING, you are seeing or hearing reported is propaganda from one side or the other.
I have no doubt that Ukraine is putting up resistance, and I am equally willing to believe that the Russian soldiers were lied to about what they would find when they entered the country.
However, if it takes Russian 3 weeks to surround Kiev or 3 days, you still wind up with a siege... and the end game doesn’t change. The cost for the end game may change, but the end game itself does not.
The western “press” is buying into the argument that Ukraine putting up a resistance will cost Putin and require him to back off.... This is based on the presumption that Putin will pay politically more if this drags on.... which he might, but he equally may not. Putin has been in power for decades, his power is virtually absolute, and those around him are people he’s hand picked... to cost him power someone around him has to decide they have a chance to seize it from him and act.
Could this happen? Sure, but will it happen because his “war” lasted a few months vs a few days? I don’t think anyone is going to put their neck out and try this just because the plans may not be going perfectly in the first weeks.
If Putin decides to take the gloves off, Kiev will be bombarded into the stone age... so far, most of what has been seen has been incredibly tempered so far, when everyone knows that all it will take is a few passes of conventional bombers, even using conventional bombs, can make any Ukrainian city a pile of rubble if they choose.
Time will tell what’s going to happen here, but please be aware the first casualty of war is the truth, you should be using an jaundiced eye when viewing anything reported or claimed going on right now.
I believe more accurately that the western "press" is fomenting the argument.
He was going to...then the west goaded him some more.
Repeat:
If western intel was manipulating putin by saying he was going to invade, putin could have turned the tables on them by not invading and making them look ridiculous.
Saddam was a SOB. So I didn't feel sorry about taking him out. That said. Was it worth it to take him out? Probably not. But I believe that he was a ticking time bomb. His sons, especially Uday was sadistic. But we could have waited until the time was right. Arab Spring. Total air superiority. The Kurds and the Shiites would have taken him out. But we would be were we would be today. Maybe less American casualties. Hard to say though.
Iran was the big winner when we took out Saddam.
It would be a stupid move for the Russians try to occupy the city. All they can do is to encircle and starve their enemy and hope they will surrender.
But a "Macho Man" Putin can't look weak. Putin was basically counting on saying that he stared down "Corn Popov" if Putin didn't invade, he basically Triple Dog Dared Putin to invade.
Dammit messed up again:
should be “Biden was basically counting on saying that he stared down “Corn Popov””
Yep shifted the balance of power toward Iran. That's why you see the Gulf Arabs becoming friends with Israel all of a sudden.
But a “Macho Man” Putin can’t look weak. Putin was basically counting on saying that he stared down “Corn Popov” if Putin didn’t invade, he basically Triple Dog Dared Putin to invade....
Maybe you think pootie is a “macho man” but most folks don’t. Biteme is a perverted vegetable who poops his pants and doesn’t dare anything.
And how does making western intelligence look stupid and ridiculous make you look weak?
That’s OK it’s rhetorical. I already know the answer.
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