Posted on 10/04/2022 5:08:38 AM PDT by dennisw
Expert argues THIS is how the war could end
Putin has spent the last week ramping up his war in Ukraine, from 300,000 conscripts to nuclear threats But his bluster is aimed at hiding the fact that Russia is losing the war, as Ukraine recaptures territory
Alp Sevimlisoy, of Atlantic Council think-tank == about what Russian defeat could look like Putin would not survive the defeat, he argues, while Russia itself could break up leaving the West competing with China over the spoils and NATO in a face-off with Beijing
Land grabs, hundreds of thousand of conscripts thrown on to the front lines, and a nuke for anyone who dares stand in his way: Vladimir Putin has spent the past week doubling down on his war in Ukraine.
But his bluster belies a simple fact: Russia is losing the war, and he knows it.
The despot is desperate. His army is in tatters, his battleplans shot, he's burning through his cash reserves at an unsustainable rate, and winter is looming. Meanwhile Ukraine's army continues to advance across the country, giving Kyiv a viable path to victory.
According to Alp Sevimlisoy - millennium fellow at think-tank Atlantic Council - that would mean Putin being deposed, Russia itself breaking apart, and NATO in a face-off with China over the spoils.
The West must begin preparing for that eventuality now, he adds, otherwise it will open the door for Beijing to muscle into regions such as Siberia, central Asia, Africa and South America where it already has toe-holds but will see opportunities as Russian power fades.
'We have to move into vacuums, seek to exert influence, and then we have to face up to the People's Republic of China. China is a globally-connected superpower, and we have to combat them effectively,' he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Mail is like the wall of a public toilet stall near CIA headquarters.
Putin deposed? Say it ain’t so....... So many anti-globohomo Freepers would mourn their zero-hero getting the boot.
My take, is that whoever comes after Putin will end this stupid war. Putin’s war will be ended even if a Rus hard liner takes over. This is Putin’s war and nobody elses.
The Regime Changers have begin to say the silent part out loud.
The Atlantic-ers are drooling at another chance at buying everything up in Russia for kopeks on the ruble and then selling it back to the Russians for double like they did in the 90’s.
Oh, a future Putin mourner. After he gets kicked to the curb.
They need to change the name to The Daily Delusional Mail.
If Putin and Klaus Schwab/Bill Gates or one of the other globalist would settle the whole thing by dueling with sawed off shot guns, I would root for the shot guns.
‘Expert’
I am against both factions of the left fighting this war.
Still posting your normal Ukraine propaganda/disinformation from the notorious Daily Mail which no conservatives here believe? YUP. You are a great source of amusement.
There are parts of Far East Russia that the ChiComs claim were stolen during the Manchu era.
“and NATO in a face-off with China over the spoils.”
So we go to war with china over Russian territory?
After Putin is deposed, the question is... will he go the way of Ceausescu or Mussolini?
They are much, much worse than that.
Ramzan Kadyrov might declare Chechnya independent. Right now Putin is sending Chechnya subsidies to keep them in the Russian orbit.
Hahhahha Putin getting kicked out seems to upset you. The end of Putin means the end of the Ukraine war. Even if hard liner Nikolai Patrushev takes over.
Simple-— This war is bad for business for Russia. Bad for oligarch’s business. Bad for Gazprom profits. Craptastic Tsar Putin is bad for business.
Vlad -— Dead or deposed by March.
“Russia broken up”
Pretty much Western policy since the end of the Cold War. So the question becomes: Is Putin a ‘madman’ for not wanting that outcome in his country?
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