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It is becoming more clear over time with respect to Russia that we are not dealing with a nation of people in the traditional sense. We are dealing with a Criminal Enterprise that has taken control of a population of over 100 million people. Putin is a criminal mob boss using the Russian Military to destroy his competitors.

Some good and not surprising news follows.

South Ossetian city Russians claim was leveled still standing.
McClatchy Newspapers

TSKHINVALI, Georgia - As Russian troops pounded through Georgia last week, the Kremlin and its allies repeatedly pointed to one justification above all others: The Georgian military had destroyed the city of Tskhinvali.

Russian politicians and their partners in Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region South Ossetia, said that when Georgian forces tried to seize control of the city and the surrounding area, the physical damage was comparable to Stalingrad and the killings similar to the Holocaust.

But a trip to the city on Sunday, without official minders, revealed a very different picture. While it was clear there had been heavy fighting - missiles knocked holes in walls, and bombs tore away rooftops - almost all of the buildings seen in an afternoon driving around Tskhinvali were still standing.

We are dealing with a Criminal Enterprise that has taken control of a population of over 100 million people. Putin is a criminal mob boss using the Russian Military to destroy his competitors.

A very accurate and succinct description. I would have probably added "Mafia like" in front of, or in place of "criminal" because of the high degree of skill and organization involved.

I need to make this post short so I will add only a couple of comments at this time, more later:

It appears That Putin has a substantial support of the 100 million Russians by using that good old ethnic emotionalism.

Putin has used good old commie methods to acquire his economic control, (show trials, tax "evasion") but (like China) does NOT operate a communist economic system. He learns fast and is making a BIG profit.

As you point out he is ruthless, but he is not a blundering, shoe pounding zealot. If we want to win we should have dealt with this a long time ago.

Then again, if things were done my way, the Shaw's son would be running Iran and communism would be a crime.