[Cronos]

You have to admire Putin’s brilliant sense of planning

Let’s attack with nice heavy tanks during spring thaw along back roads which can be blocked.

Or blown up.

Forcing them to get stuck in the mud.

Now let’s cut off gas supplies in spring as the demand for gas is dropping.

Thus is genius level 5d chess played with checkers

[MinorityRepublican]

Should have waited until May to attack after the spring thaw is done.

[Zhang Fei]

[You have to admire Putin’s brilliant sense of planning

Let’s attack with nice heavy tanks during spring thaw along back roads which can be blocked.

Or blown up.

Forcing them to get stuck in the mud.]

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He wasn’t expecting* a fight. As I understand it - he thought, along with the West, that everyone important had been bought. I suspect many were paid off. The thing about payoffs - people will take your money for sure. But asking them to obey your orders - that’s a totally different question.

* Ukies found dress uniforms among the gear stowed in Russian armored vehicles.

[Zhang Fei]

[You have to admire Putin’s brilliant sense of planning

Let’s attack with nice heavy tanks during spring thaw along back roads which can be blocked.

Or blown up.

Forcing them to get stuck in the mud.]

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Basically, Putin was expecting an Anschluss, with flag-waving Ukies lining the parade route. What he got is closer to the reception the Germans got during their invasion of Poland. At the current rate, the Russians may get the send-off provided by the Poles during the Miracle on the Vistula.

[jmacusa]

Everyone can agree Ivan can be brutal.

No one ever said he was particularly bright however.