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'Ailing' Putin is flailing over his war strategy and torn between using nuclear weapons or admitting defeat and handing back invaded Ukrainian regions, claims Telegram channel
Daily Mail ^ | 8/21/2022 | Will Stewart

Posted on 08/21/2022 12:20:20 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

... bearded ideolofascist and his wacky “nineteen-eighty-four” worldview schemes.
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If you mean Dugin, he is a nationalist, a populist, a traditionalist who argues for a natural world with humans living in their niche with all life. He is passionate about spiritual identities being allowed flourish.

He is vehemently against transhumanism, the mutilation of children to satisfy a rare fetish and an even rarer mental aberration, the mechanistic approach of Schwab and his ilk.

He advocates a multi-polar world with citizens participating as they wish, within the confines of natural humans in a natural world. He is against global governance and sees clearly the surveillance and tracking schemes being implemented. He is anti-communist.

He warns of our world becoming like 1984. He most definitely does not promote such a world. He opposes every bit of the New Liberal Order, as do all sane humans, everywhere.

Dugin is not as you characterize him.


121 posted on 08/21/2022 7:55:28 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: UNGN
In nearly 6 months of trying, Russia has never been further away from taking Kharkiv than they are today

You're utter clueless as to what the Russian war strategy is, embarrassingly so. The plan was not to take Kharkiv. The plan to liberate Lugansk and Donetsk, clear out the neo-Nazi Azovs from Mariupol, take the Kherson region and secure a land bridge from Russia to Crimea.

Russia is very close to accomplish all of that. The only thing left is to clear out the remaining Ukrainian army from Donetsk.

Russia now controls 80-90% of the Black Sea coastline. Kherson soon will vote either joining the Russian Federation or becoming an independent state.

Russia continues to gain territory daily. And, they will continue to unless Ukraine surrenders.

122 posted on 08/21/2022 8:00:02 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: nomorelurker

...bad similarities to WWI.
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You mean the Ukrainian Maginot Line tactic, right?


123 posted on 08/21/2022 8:00:37 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: Kazan

...it is being conduct by the Biden regime...
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In lock step w/the entire NATO/AngloSphere/EU coalition.

Not even the managers surrounding Biden call the shots. They simply implement orders and appear to be responsible for some tactical decisions, not strategic ones.

I think all of them are ultimately expendable and as they face *election*, they will be replaced. Or replaced by other means or stand down, like Draghi. I also think the next iteration of Young Global Leaders will be less charming.

I agree with your post, but would like to address the RDS characterization:

If you think back to the origins of TDS and follow the Current Thing forward to today, that’s all the RDS really is: the momentary manifestation of fervent support for The Current Thing as defined/presented by the legacy state media. It is appropriated by neoliberals desperate to at least cling to the coattails of those they believe will win and then reward them. Don’t get me wrong, it is still a mental illness, but it is induced, not organic.


124 posted on 08/21/2022 8:29:00 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: ansel12; dennisw; nomorelurker; marcusmaximus; PIF; rrrod; Zhang Fei; MalPearce; ...

A number of FReepers, but especially the pro Russia bunch have complained a lot about US financial support to Ukraine. In the comment answered here, Poland has already committed to buy $4.75 billion Patriot missiles. In addition, how much more money will go to US business for the 250 M1 Abrams tanks. The Poles have also invested in 500 HIMARs from the US. I’m not clear on whether all the remaining purchases are from S. Korea, or if additional might also be from US. Can any of our military informants here clarify how much money might actually come to the US from Poland. I imagine a lot of other EU countries are also comtemplating purchases. Also quite a lot of the money allocated by Congress is also going to be spent in the US for military and humanitarian supplies that will be purchased from US businesses and supplied directly to Ukraine or refugees.

We have people like Alexander Dugin who for 25 years has been influencing his proposals for Russian domination partly through influence on tyrant for life Putin. Anyone wishing to take part in the battle to save this country and the world for tyranny and Fascism would do well to study this man. There are many articles to be found at Google, “Alexander Dugin and Putin Friendship” or similar choices. Be sure to go to links beyond the first Google page as he has been writing at least since his opus work in 1997.

https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2020/5/28/putins-playbook-reviewing-dugins-foundations-of-geopolitics

“Putin’s Playbook: #Reviewing Dugin’s Foundations of Geopolitics

His 1997 pivotal work, The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia, is a 600-page textbook that includes excerpts from some of history’s most prolific strategists. These include Alfred Mahan and Halford Mackinder. In eight parts, each with chapters and subchapters, he establishes the strategies of Russia’s adversaries, devises his own, and provides bold steps to regain Russia’s position of dominance lost at the end of the Cold War. The most trenchant of these recommendations include the invasion of Georgia, the annexation of Ukraine, the separation of Britain from the rest of Europe, and the sowing of divisive seeds in the United States, each of which should sound quite familiar.

Suffice it to say that two of Russia’s most controversial moves this century have been the 2008 invasion of Georgia and the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Dugin addressed the problems of both Georgia and Ukraine in back-to-back subchapters. According to him, Russia needed the Black Sea coast-line for both trade and as a naval base of operations so that the “northern coast of the Black Sea [could] be exclusively Eurasian and centrally subordinate to Moscow.”[1]”

If you would wish to counteract Putin’s plans and those of his supporters, you must study Dugins work, as you would have needed to study Mein Campf if you wished to fight Hitler.

Given what Dugin to say about Crimea and Putins actions in carrying it out, I wonder if something could be worked out where Ukraine regains all it’s territory including Crimea, but makes an agreement to allow Russia to base commercial shipping in Crimea for a fee. Also an international highway be built to Russia from Crimea, which would not allow transport of military supplies and include inspection rights. Thus, at least the objective of a warm water port and trade possibilities for Russia could be secure, without the military danger to Ukraine and other Black Sea and Mediterranean countries. I don’t know how well the Danzig Corridor worked out, but that is at least one previous example used to solve a difficult multinational problem.


125 posted on 08/21/2022 9:54:57 PM PDT by gleeaikin (pQuestion authority)
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"Also an international highway be built to Russia from Crimea ..."

Already done - its called the Kersh (peach) bridge the largest bridge ever built by Russia.

126 posted on 08/22/2022 4:31:39 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Kazan
was not to take Kharkiv. The plan to liberate Lugansk and Donetsk, clear out the neo-Nazi Azovs from Mariupol, take the Kherson region and secure a land bridge from Russia to Crimea.

The Russian "Plan" was to bypass the large citites and Decapitate the Regime in Kiev in the first Month - Total Failure.

All of "Black Sea coastline" except for mouth of the Dnieper, they controlled before, because any shipping had to go through the Kerch straight.

Kherson is on the wrong side of 3 unuseable bridges, so they can vote to be Russian's but they won't be able to easily get there.

Ukraine won't be surrendering any time soon, So I guess Russia will continue to lose 500 men for every mile they take. Maybe when they get to 100,000 and haven't taken another City of more than 250,00, they'll come to their senses. Maybe they won't. Whatever, don't care. Putin isn't my hero.

If Iraq was a Quagmire, this is a Super Mega Doppler Quagmire.

127 posted on 08/22/2022 4:36:53 AM PDT by UNGN
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To: ansel12

nothing could be further from the truth than what you said.
after this great reset,NWO and zelensky/biden are stopped then i’ll be happy to to join in cheering for a putin replacement. you were disingenuous, very few if any here on FR are actually Putin fans!


128 posted on 08/22/2022 8:23:41 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: CarolinaReaganFan

Putin definitely has dedicated fans here, and that goes back for many years, many of these pro-Putin posters have been posting devotional praise and hopes for him for many years.

Putin’s days of going shirtless were a huge hit among them here in past years.


129 posted on 08/22/2022 9:02:21 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: PIF; All

A nice bridge, but if this is the biggest bridge ever built by Russia?? I sure is no Golden Gate or even Chesapeake Bay Bridge. I got the impression there is land to be crossed to get from Crimea to Russia, so I was thinking a supervised highway with checkpoints like the Turks are doing with ships carrying grain from Ukriane.


130 posted on 08/22/2022 10:52:09 AM PDT by gleeaikin (pQuestion authority)
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To: marcusmaximus

It’s all over for Putin, the walls are closing in. I think if we could send Zelensky a few 100 billion more it would help.


131 posted on 08/22/2022 10:53:35 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Kazan; UNGN; marcusmaximus; SpeedyInTexas; Greetings_Puny_Humans

Kazan on 22nd August “Kherson soon will vote either joining the Russian Federation or becoming an independent state.

Russia continues to gain territory daily. And, they will continue to unless Ukraine surrenders.”

Russia retreats just a month after declaring kherson part of Russia. After the fale referenda.

You guys lost kazan. Now withdraw your troops from Ukraine


132 posted on 11/11/2022 2:32:00 PM PST by Cronos (.)
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