Putin, 70, is seen LIMPING as he makes surprise visit to Crimea amid claims he is suffering health problems a day after war crimes arrest warrant was issued for Russian leader

Daily Mail ^ | 3/18/2023 | Will Stewart

[marcusmaximus]

Vladimir Putin was seen limping as he made a surprise visit to Crimea amid claims he is suffering health problems, a day after war crimes arrest warrant was issued for the Russian leader.

The 70-year-old defied the West and arrived in annexed Crimea today, said Russian media reports.

Footage appeared to show Putin in naval port Sevastopol which has been targeted by repeated Ukrainian strikes in recent months.

His arrival came one day after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes accusations.

[Nextrush]

“limp” interesting word choice in this hit piece.

[adorno]

That would be an act of war.

Which is a bigger act of war, invading another country, or putting a bounty on a wanted criminal?

Endorsing the assassination of foreign leaders is a very bad idea, because normalizing this action would mean ours are also fair game.

He's now in the same category as Hitler and his henchmen.

Putin is a wanted war criminal. He's no longer a leader that can be respected as the head of a foreign government.

Is that too hard to understand?

[srmanuel]

Just curious didn’t the USA invade Iraq and Afghanistan ?? Were Bush, Obama, Trump and now Biden war criminals considering they did not stop that invasion.

I fear you logic is inrrational.

[dangus]

WTF? He looks like the NPC meme.

[dangus]

I was just thinking to myself, “Keep up this sort of appearance and people will start to rumor you died!”

[dangus]

He’s definitely limping. Maybe a recurring injury?

[dangus]

>> Just curious didn’t the USA invade Iraq and Afghanistan ?? <<

I feel you’re the dumbest Neo-Soviet I’ve ever encountered on FR. Afghanistan blew up the World Trade Center, or did your hive-mind forget that? And Iraq invaded a nation we were treaty-bound to defend, sinking U.S.-flagged ships to do it.

[srmanuel]

So the government of Afghanistan blew up the World Trade Center ?? I though 19 of the 20 attackers on 9/11 were Saudi Arabians.

When were we treaty bound to defend Kuwait ?? Assuming we were, didn’t we already kick them out of Kumait while Bush 41 was POTUS or am I mistaken about that.

When you don’t have the facts smear the opposition, you’re really good at your job.

[dfwgator]

Kuwait was caught side-drilling into Iraqi oil fields, a little inconvenient truth they left out.

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I was also seen limping yesterday and noticed a lot of other people who were.

If that’s all that’s wrong with Vlad the Impaler at age 70, he’s in better shape than Biden.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Which is a bigger act of war, invading another country, or putting a bounty on a wanted criminal?

False dichotomy.

We were not a party, militarily speaking, to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, though one can make arguments regarding American and Russian interference in Ukraine (politically, economically, and otherwise) in the years leading up to February 2022.

Endorsing the assassination of Putin with a public bounty would be a separate act of war by the United States against Russia.

He's now in the same category as Hitler and his henchmen.

Absurd hyperbole.

Putin is a wanted war criminal. He's no longer a leader that can be respected as the head of a foreign government. Is that too hard to understand?

Because the body that issued said 'warrant' is not only one which countries like Russia, India, Israel, and China aren't even a part of, but one that America also isn't a party to. We literally have a law (colloquially known as the "Hague Invasion Act") that authorizes the POTUS to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court." That is how little we actually respect the ICC's jurisdiction.

Even as recently as 2021, Secretary of State Blinken is on record proclaiming the United States' opposition to the ICC's jurisdiction over non-States Parties!

This is but one reason of many that it rings hollow, especially when another international body with greater standing and gravitas than the ICC — namely, the United Nations — has stated it has not actually found evidence of genocide in Ukraine committed by Russia.

Countless politicians and leaders get labelled with the title of 'war criminal' on a recurring basis. I remember well when Bush 41 was regularly accused as one, yet no one with anything approaching proper jurisdiction actually indicted him as one.

And yet, when it comes to the matter of Putin, all of a sudden the ICC's word merits consideration?

Hence my point: to accept the ICC's arrest warrant of Putin is to tacitly accept that the ICC has jurisdiction over non-signatories to the Rome Statute, which is a position our country's government has been flatly opposed to (on the record, as a matter of policy!) for multiple administrations across party lines. It is a sham and an utter falsehood, and thus nothing more than cynical virtue signalling without any true weight to it.

[srmanuel]

Or so that was the claim was Iraq side drilling into Kuwait just like Ukraine was bombing the donbass who knows the truth but we do know Iraq invaded Kuwait just like Russia invaded Ukraine was either country justified??

[BlackbirdSST]

Forget the arrest warrant. What’s needed is a wanted poster. “Wanted, Dead or Alive”, with a $10 million reward. Anytime he visits Crimea or any other country or steps outside of Russia proper, he should be targeted.

Target a Head of State and every Head of State becomes a target. Some of you can't think past that booger hanging on your nose.

[dfwgator]

Still it was an intra-Arab squabble we shouldn’t have stuck our neck into, especially as Saddam was a buffer against the much bigger threat from Iran.

[mass55th]

Tight shoes, corns, calluses, Athlete’s foot, Plantar’s Fasciitis, arthritis in the knees, climate change.

[srmanuel]

I agree about not getting involved in a regional war like between Iraq, Iran and potentially Kuwait.

[mass55th]

“What’s needed is a wanted poster: ‘Joe Biden - Wanted! Brain Dead or Just Plain Dead’, with a $10 million reward.”

[BlackbirdSST]

Tight shoes, corns, calluses, Athlete’s foot, Plantar’s Fasciitis, arthritis in the knees, climate change.

Thank goodness you threw climate change in there. It probably should have been the first and only ailment. Greta is watching you know.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

PING!!!!!

Hat tip to Marcus for posting yet another Daily Mail propaganda piece!

[Republican Wildcat]

I’m much younger and can also be “seen limping” when I’ve sprained a leg or ankle.

Stories like this are pointless. “Putin is near death” - how many times we have heard that for over a year? They are as pointless as the stories a year ago claiming Ukraine was “within days” of falling. And I doubt the “new boss” of this dictatorial regime would be any more rationale or benevolent than the current Russian dictator.