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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZelenskyy. "Imagine dressing down your psychotic neighbor who keeps sending his dogs to scare .."
The way this man talks at Putin is something else. The nuances are untranslatable. Imagine dressing down your psychotic neighbor who keeps sending his dogs to scare your kids and crap on your lawn. That's the tone here.@maxseddon
Zelensky to Putin: "Good Lord, what do you want? Leave our land. If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table. But not from 30 meters away, like with Macron and Scholz. Sit down with me and talk. What are you afraid of? We're no threat to anyone."
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leftieNanner
(15,179 posts)He wants all of Ukraine under his control. Period.
I truly admire Zelenskyy's courage and intellect.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)the people of Ukraine let's push back hard on Pootie-Poot.
localroger
(3,634 posts)But he also knows how it looks on TV, and this is a line that is very hard for Putin to counter without showing all his cards.
leftieNanner
(15,179 posts)Which is why Putin is trying so hard to limit media in Russia. Which isn't really working.
Reminds me of this line from Star Wars.
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." - Princess Leia
You don't "dress down your psychotic neighbor" if you are trying to get him to the table.
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onecaliberal
(32,931 posts)Watching Hitler 2.0 and doing nothing.
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onecaliberal
(32,931 posts)relayerbob
(6,561 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,685 posts)It makes sense for him to allow mothers and children to leave, most never to return. They can regard the remaining population as combatants and slaughter them en masse, while leveling the cities.
Then when they finish they can move in Russians, and no more Ukraine.
onecaliberal
(32,931 posts)sheshe2
(83,967 posts)I hope he and his country survive this.
madaboutharry
(40,234 posts)The Ukrainian people are blessed to have his leadership in this moment.
Wingus Dingus
(8,059 posts)He has navigated all of this so skillfully.
trof
(54,256 posts)He is...THE MAAN!
BMW2020RT
(139 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,107 posts)Hea wrong, but how many people have to die until the world shoves his delusions down his throat? Im sure Zelensky has enraged him, and he will be out to raze Ukraine completely as retaliation.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)No telling what this insane person will do next.
Gordcanuck
(14 posts)NATO having given every other armament now wont give the jets to finish off the Russkie supply lines. The boneheads making this fearless decision have never heard of lend-lease, used in WWII to arm opponents of Hitlers oppression in Europe.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)England really needed those old destroyers.