Posted on 02/28/2022 9:48:52 PM PST by libh8er
Putin fears death—like any 69-year-old. His fear, however, is particularly acute. He makes (or so the consistent rumour goes) visiting officials submit faeces test to ensure they are disease free. Since COVID-19, officials have to isolate several days before they see him. Those who don’t, like the visiting French President Emmanuel Macron, are seated down the other end of an absurdly long table. Is Putin immune-compromised? Maybe. He’s clearly petrified and paranoid of death. His extreme botox treatments, which gives his skin the look of melting wax, are yet another desire to turn back the clock.
Unlike the rest of us, he can project his fears onto whole countries. In his embarrassing ramblings about Ukraine he never talks about the future—he wants to escape the future and what it brings. He “justifies” his invasion through the desire to return the past: take Ukraine back to the 19th century, to the Soviet Union, to his youth. He rambles menacingly about restoring the glories of the Russian Empire, picking apart Lenin’s creation of Soviet Republics, undoing the revolution against his satrap Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. One plausible rumour about Putin’s invasion plan is he wants to cancel all Ukrainian laws passed since the revolution of 2014. A wilder, but symbolic one is that he will try to put Yanukovych back in power: as if the last seven years never happened. As if he’s still 62.
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He rambles menacingly about restoring the glories of the Russian Empire,,,,,,
Yes. putin reminds me of hitler philosophizing on “lebensraum.”
Unfortunately, many innocents will die before this sick bastard goes to hell.
Russia as a whole has been suffering from historical amnesia for quite some time. I recommend watching the movie Shutter Island.
It’s when the past is too horrifying to face so you end up creating a method where you yourself are the hero.
Instead of healing from the collapse of the USSR, the mass atrocities committed and ordinary people themselves facilitated, etc…Russians clung to nostalgia of having been a “great power” — and “saving the world from fascism” during WWII etc…
Putin’s not some outlier - he is merely Russia’s latest Tsar, just like the Red Tsars who ruled it for most of the 20th century. Russia’s Tsars are modeled on the Roman emperors of old. To up your prominence in the hierarchy of Russian rulers, you need to acquire land. Putin’s recent land grabs are all in service of this goal.
A myThos* not method.
Time, much like CNN, is a mouth-piece for the hard-left.
Why anyone on FreeRepublic takes what they have to say, without a hefty dose of skepticism is beyond me.
We are all Ukrainians now.
Yup
The tsars biggest acheivements were keeping the lands won, together under control, and making the country bigger
the red tsars have been no different
[Russia as a whole has been suffering from historical amnesia for quite some time. I recommend watching the movie Shutter Island.
It’s when the past is too horrifying to face so you end up creating a method where you yourself are the hero.
Instead of healing from the collapse of the USSR, the mass atrocities committed and ordinary people themselves facilitated, etc…Russians clung to nostalgia of having been a “great power” — and “saving the world from fascism” during WWII etc…]
Ahh, Uncle Sam is not in the White House. Uncle Joe the happy delusional wanderer is. With no cops on the street. Criminals are going to criminal.
[Yup
The tsars biggest acheivements were keeping the lands won, together under control, and making the country bigger
the red tsars have been no different]
I heard he tears the wings off flies and has a crazy look in his eye 🤪
Agree
In America we called it Manifest Destiny.
[In America we called it Manifest Destiny.]
We are all Ukrainians now.
Speak for yourself. I’m not a Ukrainian and never have been. This is between Russia and the Ukraine.
Neither ever worried about my past or current problems, and I’m not concerned with theirs.
One of the many differences between Hitler and Putin is that the Russian people do NOT dream of lebensraum and definitely not against a “brother East Slavic” Ukraine.
I hope for Russia’s sake that he goes soon
Putin has good reason to fear death. Satan is waiting for his new chew toy.
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