U.S. Fears Putin Will Throw Mother of All Hissy Fits if Kyiv Attack Fails

[Person of Interest]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-fears-vladimir-putin-could-throw-hissy-fit-and-escalate-if-kyiv-attack-fails

[Irish_Dem]

1. I wonder if US intel is showing that Putin is becoming more unhinged?

Which would be good and bad.

[TygrBright]

2. No, just bad. It's never good when someone with access to nukes loses cognitive function. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

4. It could cause Putin's inner circle to take control.

That is the good part.

[LisaL]

8. I don't think he has an inner circle that can take control anymore.

NT

[milestogo]

9. You're assuming that they are ethical, rational people.

Just like the people around Trump were.

[Irish_Dem]

11. I assume nothing except that they do not want to be blown to smithereens.

And do not want to live in a Russia that no longer exists.

I don't even assume they care anything about their country or the Russian people.

[uponit7771]

3. K&R, he already started with his petulant "nuclear" announcement bullshit.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. When his inner-circle suicide rate exceeds that of Kim Jong-Un, then he's on the brink.

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The couple of "suicides" last week might have been his way to clean-up loose ends and paper trails.

I'm sure those in his inner-circle are just as nervous as those in Rocket Man's.


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[LisaL]

10. What inner circle?

NT

[ForgedCrank]

6. Putin will back out

and back down if he is given a path to do so without looking like he made a mistake.
It is up to our leaders now to craft a way for him to do that, or work with him in order to get it accomplished.
But be ready for it, the Ukrainians are seriously outnumbered and outgunned. They are putting up a commendable fight, but there is only one outcome here if Putin doesn't back off voluntarily. It's only a matter of time unfortunately.

[Mme. Defarge]

13. Maybe he'll take credit for finally uniting the free world

It was a tough job but somebody had to do it?

[Happy Hoosier]

14. I'd like to believe that but no longer do.

I thought this whole thing was brinksmanship designed to elicit concessions. I now think Putin is going all-in, and nothing short of a coup or NATO intervention will stop him in Ukraine.... at least until the occupation phase.

I agree that while the UKR defense has been remarkable, it's hard to imagine they can truly hold out. I think we'll know within the next few days. That 17-mile-long column north of Kyiv says that my friends in Kyiv are in for a horrible few days. I hope that we have done whatever we can to make sure they have hundreds of javelins on hand.

[Tomconroy]

7. Need more drones.

[sarcasmo]

12. Putin like his gimp Trump will throw a Hissy fit.

[GoodRaisin]

15. Both are cut from the same cloth.

[keithbvadu2]

16. Put them in the playpen together.