Posted on 09/25/2022 11:34:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
In your opinion: “Putin’s main purpose for this call-up is to signal that no end is in sight, to induce the EU and USA to stop subsidizing Ukraine, and force negotiations.”
I rhink Putin’a current moves are a response to the butt spanking he got from Xi at their recent meeting. The putdown from India didn’t feel good either. So now Putin has retreated to his luxury spa to sooth his butt and his feelings, launched a grenade and is waiting for the pieces to settle, before he is off to see Belaruse and stir up dung there. Tune in for further adventures of a failing dictator.
Yes I can
The last one
I watched it translated
Did you Cronos?
Yes I can
The last one
I watched it translated
Did you Cronos?
I can't really fathom a reserve call-up in the U.S where a bunch of guys who have never served were getting messages to report. The reserve system wouldn't even have the names/addresses of non-reservists in their systems at all.
It's possible, but I think the lack of any organized reserve system is the more likely explanation. Kind of like the mistakenly rosy picture painted by Putin's syncophantic advisors who told Putin what they thought he wanted to hear prior to the invasion. The people who knew that things were in such crappy shape wouldn't dare speak up.
So now, Putin was likely told there was a functioning reserve system, so he orders this partial mobilization expecting it wouldn't be tough to pull off, at least administratively. Instead, it's a cluster.
If you are a dictator you should never underestimate how little your toaddies will actually tell you.
“If you are a dictator you should never underestimate how little your toaddies will actually tell you.”
That is very true. That’s why so many dictators come to ignominious ends.
reminds me of these lines from the original Star Wars
Governor Tarkin:
The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
General Tagge:
But that’s impossible. How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?
Governor Tarkin:
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.
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