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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin has blasted Russia back into the Dark Ages on the International Stage
No matter what occurs in Ukraine
from now on, Russia is a pariah.
All the work that has been done by Russia to elevate itself on the international stage has been destroyed.
No more international conferences. No more collegial treatment from other world leaders.
He is Hitler. Russia never to be taken seriously again in our lifetimes.
Skittles
(153,199 posts)until he was interrupted by Biden voters
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Never understood why others accepted them as legitimate on the world stage.
Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)He thought it would be shock and awe for the entire world.
Instead most people are angry.
TomDaisy
(1,926 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)He gets Ukraine and that is all he cares about.
Time will tell on this.
I wonder if he thought the world would buy his lies?
Americans are gullible and buy the Russian talking points as spouted by Trump and the GOP.
But the world is not buying Putin's lies about the invasion.
gohuskies
(1,157 posts)I think Vlad the Impaler over-played his hand in ways that will inspire other nation states he has subjugated to his will, e.g., Georgia will rise up against his despotic bullshit. Of course, he has his little lapdog in Belorussia towing Putin's line but the Belorussian citizens who are for an independent state may be stirred to action too. We will have to see how this all plays out but it will not end well for the Moscow mobster.
Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)But for right now, it is not going the way Putin planned.
Not at all.
The Roux Comes First
(1,300 posts)But, sadly, there is so much more than international prestige on the line here, beginning with human lives.
Any hope of indulging in schadenfreude must await an outcome that minimizes human suffering.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)It's the only way dictators can stay in power.