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Methinks Putin has slipped over the edge. He is crazy and my guess he is sick in body and mind and scared. Twenty two years of power and this may be his swan song. He is totally isolated, you see it in the pictures and it isn't about COVID. He is afraid his fate will be the same as he has administered to all he has perceived as enemies.
Poison? A balcony or we have the Ides of March coming up in 15 days. Et tu Brute? Yes.
My fear is he will take as many of us out as he can. Ukraine, maybe more.
I hope world leaders see this and have a preemptive plan.
Lovie777
(22,970 posts)which makes that person very dangerous in making decisions.
sheshe2
(97,620 posts)It is frightening. It is happening.
The same was happening to trump.
brer cat
(27,587 posts)There is no telling how he will react, but I would feel much better if he didn't have a supply of nukes.
sheshe2
(97,620 posts)And he scares me.
That blank expression on his face is terrifying. There is no there anymore.
Honestly. I am a bit frightened.
brer cat
(27,587 posts)He won't put up with more losses in Ukraine without striking out much harder, leveling neighborhoods and even entire cities. Then will come revenge on those who helped Ukraine. He is probably willing to nuke us all. I have some hope he will stopped from within Russia.
sheshe2
(97,620 posts)If you are scared then I am terrified.
Love you, brer.
Going to bed. Tomorrow will be tomorrow.
betsuni
(29,075 posts)I wonder what he eats, if he can trust anyone.
sheshe2
(97,620 posts)Bet there is more than one in his closet. Gawd knows what you would find if you opened it.
crickets
(26,168 posts)Now there's a job that just got a lot dicier in the past few days...
orleans
(36,912 posts)just put an end to it (him) once and for all

As I said, Ides of March are coming.
canetoad
(20,769 posts)If this invasion is a distraction.
From what? I don't know; possibly something that will be revealed by the Jan 6 committee.
brer cat
(27,587 posts)It's an expensive distraction if that it what it is.
Good to see you, canetoad. You doing good?
canetoad
(20,769 posts)Taking it all in, posting little.
Hope you're well too.
relayerbob
(7,428 posts)There's more to this than just wanting to fuck Ukraine. The Jan 6 committee may have some serious goods on him .... for instance, maybe he stole a bunch of money from the other oligarchs .... maybe they have direct recordings of transactions between him and Trump trying to take down the US, that would effectively be war, anyway.
SheltieLover
(80,448 posts)I've read, too, that he is after Ukraine's neon. It is essdntial for making chips & Ukraine has almost all of it.
canetoad
(20,769 posts)It has plentiful minerals.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-major-natural-resources-of-ukraine.html
Not to mention the uranium.
SheltieLover
(80,448 posts)Yup! But the neon... I've read Ukraine has 95% with another source saying 70%.
Enough never seems to be enough for some asshats.
Football mentality: you have what I want, I take by force.
Toxic masculinity at it's worst!
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)lpbk2713
(43,273 posts)Things aren't going well at all for Putin. Nervous tension and lack of sleep can
take its toll on someone his age. Maybe he will collapse before he can put much
more hellfire in motion. He may be having fits of rage behind closed doors for
all we know.
Cha
(319,067 posts)Op on here today where Vlad is Accused of taking Steroids.
It made sense to me.. I didn't even recognize him in the pictures of him posted on here recently. I had to look with the magnifying glass.. he's all bloated and his face has changed shape.
Steroids are known to make users aggressive, too.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Accused of Taking Steroids That Cause Aggressiveness in Bodybuilder
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16419146
I'm betting Pres Joe Biden sees what we do and more.. Hopefully he and the other Democratic Leaders of the World Can Stop him before he employees WMD.