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Putin’s War in Ukraine May Destroy Russia
wsj ^ | 20 oCT 2022 | Michael Khodarkovsky

Posted on 10/21/2022 7:31:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

The Western media for decades has hailed Vladimir Putin as a great strategist. But if the past eight months have proved one thing, it’s that this strategic wizard often achieves the opposite of his intentions.

...Mr. Putin should look to history. During World War I, Russian authorities tried to conscript Muslims from Central Asia. The result was a major uprising in summer 1916, which took months and tens of thousands of Russian troops to suppress. In the end, none of the Muslims were sent to battle—and, by withdrawing army units from the front to confront the internal uprising, Russia expedited its eventual defeat. Less than six months later, the czar and his government were forced to resign.

By sending poorly trained non-Russian men to Ukraine, Moscow may soon meet a similar fate. Centuries of pent-up bitterness and frustration over rule by Moscow may spill into a military confrontation and civil war. Given Russia’s current military defeats, this isn’t a distant prospect. If and when that happens, Russia will fall apart as the empire of the czars and Soviet Union did. It would be ironic if the man who wanted to revive the U.S.S.R. instead ushers in the twilight of Russia’s last empire.

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Mother Russia weeps for her children.

For she sees no escape.

1 posted on 10/21/2022 7:31:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Full TXT:

https://archive.ph/6UjBP


2 posted on 10/21/2022 7:32:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Western media today is nothing more than the propaganda agent for the DNC and WEF..


3 posted on 10/21/2022 7:35:44 AM PDT by wny
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To: wny

—”The Western media today is nothing more than the propaganda agent for the DNC and WEF..”

How does that change the outcome for Russia?


4 posted on 10/21/2022 7:38:42 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

In the meantime, outside the propaganda steadily peddled:

“Ukraine Badly Defeated in Kherson, Russia Advances Kharkov; Putin Mobilizes Russian Economy for War”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTgj6afnMEc

“War and Regrets in Ukraine - at least 400,000 Ukrainian battlefield casualties including 100,000 soldiers killed in action”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/war-and-regrets-in-ukraine/

“Ukrainian General estimates Kiev’s losses at hundreds of thousands since Feb”
https://tass.com/politics/1501881

“The U.S. Military’s Growing Weakness”
https://archive.ph/noXSI
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And one of the most revealing videos on the Ukraine-Russian conflict:

“LTC Ritter, CPT Bennett, MAJ Jaco (all CIA SPEC OPS) annihilate Woke-West Lies/False Russ Narrative”
https://rumble.com/v1ozskj-ltc-ritter-cpt-bennett-maj-jaco-all-cia-spec-ops-annihilate-woke-west-liesf.html


5 posted on 10/21/2022 7:39:48 AM PDT by cranked
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To: wny

Right, it’s all propaganda on both sides in war. The media doesn’t know Putin’s intentions, but they judge him anyway.


6 posted on 10/21/2022 7:40:20 AM PDT by drierice
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wow, a world without Russia! The world will be much safer if Russia disintegrates.


7 posted on 10/21/2022 7:43:23 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Time to offer peace while Russia is on its back leg and hasn’t used any nukes.


8 posted on 10/21/2022 7:44:28 AM PDT by MMusson
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The Western media today is nothing more than the propaganda agent for the DNC

Correct, and I'm already bored with their daily non stop coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I'm more interested in America, our issues, crime, the border influx of people and drugs, the k-12 education failures, reforming our social security house of cards, our energy problems, the decline in values....

9 posted on 10/21/2022 7:44:36 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: cranked

Thanks for the list


10 posted on 10/21/2022 7:45:00 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: amnestynone

How is a world with 6000 nuclear warheads up for grabs a safer place? You are out of your mind.


11 posted on 10/21/2022 7:45:35 AM PDT by MMusson
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To: MMusson

The law of unintended consequences is lost on most people.


12 posted on 10/21/2022 7:47:01 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: amnestynone

I can’t tell if you’re serious or being a smartass? :)


13 posted on 10/21/2022 7:48:57 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“ Mother Russia weeps for her children.
For she sees no escape. ”

The escape for these Russian dumba$$es is to declare victory and go home.
But Putin is a petulant child and won’t do so.
Russia could have been a force for good in the world, but they won’t put their murderous Stalinist past behind them.


14 posted on 10/21/2022 7:49:29 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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Less than six months later, the czar and his government were forced to resign.

Resign? I guess that's one way to put it. I'm not sure of the timeframe, but they killed the czar and his family.

15 posted on 10/21/2022 7:50:32 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: cranked

—”In the meantime...”

CHANGING THE SUBJECT DOES NOT CHANGE ANY FACTS.


16 posted on 10/21/2022 7:51:13 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: libertylover

It was about a year and a half from abdication to execution.


17 posted on 10/21/2022 7:51:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There will always be a Russia, comrades. Just like there will always be a China. Bank on it.


18 posted on 10/21/2022 7:52:56 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

19 posted on 10/21/2022 7:53:36 AM PDT by cranked
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To: cranked

“Ukraine Badly Defeated in Kherson”

Yeah thats why the Ruscists are evacuating Kherson.


20 posted on 10/21/2022 7:54:15 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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