Comment at UK Mail
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BobbyC2022, Salford, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
The main effect of Putin’s war has been to demonstrate how superior Western liberal democracy is to dictatorship. In the West generals are chosen for military competence. In Russia for loyalty to Putin. Putin’s attack on Ukraine is like Stalin’s attack on Finland in 1939. One million dead Russians and 25,000 dead Finns according to Khrushchev. And for similar reasons. Incompetent leaders. Stalin liquidated the entire professional and competent top military commanders and replaced them with incompetent loyalists. It’s a common problem of p a r a n o i d dictators like Putin and Stalin. Its even worse in the Putin era since Russia is riddled with c o r r u p t i o n from top to bottom. Everyone is on the take. Most of the money that should have gone on military spares has gone into the pockets of the mid-level Russian leaders and officers.