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Putin plays 5d chess with tiddlywinks
1 posted on 05/09/2022 1:04:07 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

It’s Pooty’s Waterloo.


2 posted on 05/09/2022 1:10:24 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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In every case, Russia moved swiftly and ruthlessly in ways the western world was unable to counter except through graduated sanctions regimes...

Putin knew that he had weak leaders in the U.S., and when the U.S. is weak, leaders around the world follow the weakness and allow bad things to happen. That was the case with Obama and that is the case again with Biden as Obama 2.0.

Putin is like any other leader who knows how to take advantage of weakness, and that is the case with just about any democrat president in Washington. Now, even N. Koraa and Iran and others are taking advantage of the weak leadership in Washington and other western nations.

Putin and Russia (as the former Soviet Union) did not dare take on any big adventures when Reagan and Trump were president. When analyzing victories, small or large, one has to look at who is the opposition. Certainly, Obama and Biden are no opposition, and in reality, they encouraged the aggression.
3 posted on 05/09/2022 1:21:31 PM PDT by adorno
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As Putin was smart enough, he's really going to look like a genius when the Russians overcome all these alleged problems.

Any believing the Biden regime or the Ukrainians is a fool. It's going to be fun when this all over and you realize you've been lied to about this war.

Gee, fancy that, the Biden regime is lying!

4 posted on 05/09/2022 1:22:18 PM PDT by Kazan
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I just talked to someone in the State Department and they called these reports premature ejaculation.


5 posted on 05/09/2022 1:24:37 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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I would not be surprised to see Russia seek to broaden its
holdings on the Eastern side of the Ukraine.

There is a top to bottom oil reserves under that region
just to the west of land Russia has already occupied.

It having taken the AZOV preserve region, it stands to
reason increasing it’s oil preserves might be attractive
also.

What may prevent that, is that it would then have to hold on
to it. It may already have its hands full hanging on to what
it has already absconded with.

Think how may people would still be alive living their
lives in the Ukraine if only Russia had kept its
troops in Russia away from the Ukraine border.

All this death and destruction, it’s such a waste.

The Russian people are now being forced to mourn their
own sons. For what?

Well, Putin made a name for himself. I’d hate to think
that name isn’t big enough already, and people from more
nations will be sucked into this black hole.


6 posted on 05/09/2022 1:25:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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I am about fed up with these “journalists” who espouse their views. Most of them run their mouths and it becomes clear that most are clueless. The way most of these infantile scribes think, if it doesn’t all happen in a 24 hour news cycle, it didn’t happen at all. I feel bad for the Ukranaian people, but I really hope lots of “journalists” get a very “liberal” dose of poo on their faces.


12 posted on 05/09/2022 1:31:08 PM PDT by RatRipper (The Biden Adm is leading an attack against US citizens . . . pure evil.)
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He ‘may’ have screwed his poochin with this little misadventure.

But then again, we have our very own screwer-uppers in DC


18 posted on 05/09/2022 2:00:11 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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If Michael Clatke says it true it must be.
19 posted on 05/09/2022 2:10:58 PM PDT by McGruff (We are stuck in the demolition phase of Build Back Better)
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Meanwhile “great” Britain is losing its grip on Northern Ireland...but ok.


21 posted on 05/09/2022 2:18:18 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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Its one way to spin it - Putin OBVIOUSLY wanted the whole of Ukraine - but he’s just going to have to settle for the East.

Victory for Biden!


24 posted on 05/09/2022 2:31:31 PM PDT by PGR88
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Wonderful news - now stop asking for money already 🤪


35 posted on 05/09/2022 3:43:32 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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