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L. Coyote

(51,134 posts) Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:01 PM Mar 2022

'This is not going well for him on the battlefield': Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin on Vladimir Putin

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Don Lemon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shares his assessment of the Russian military, saying the Russians have not progressed as quickly as Putin would have liked them to.

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'This is not going well for him on the battlefield': Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin on Vladimir Putin (Original Post) L. Coyote Mar 2022 OP

Im not a war person but the talking heads keep saying this is not going well for Putin but, does Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #1

IMO, Putin will never grasp the reality of what is going on, and he has no conscience, as a RKP5637 Mar 2022 #3

Putin knows this is going badly, that's why he is firing people. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #4

Yes, Your sentence is what I was trying to say, you said it better! RKP5637 Mar 2022 #5

K&R Thanks for posting this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2022 #2

Srkdqltr

(9,941 posts)

1. Im not a war person but the talking heads keep saying this is not going well for Putin but, does

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:14 PM

Mar 2022

does Putin know this? Seems like he keeps going and going. There is a disconnect someplace.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

3. IMO, Putin will never grasp the reality of what is going on, and he has no conscience, as a

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:19 PM

Mar 2022

sociopathic bully. He is on a Stalin mission, his hero and mentor. He will keep going and going and likely already planning in his head at least his next target to reclaim the USSR under his watch.

L. Coyote

(51,134 posts)

4. Putin knows this is going badly, that's why he is firing people.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:28 PM

Mar 2022

What he likely is incapable of realizing is that the problem is Putin himself, not the people he fired.

Putin knows he has been declared a war criminal.

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RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

5. Yes, Your sentence is what I was trying to say, you said it better!

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 05:14 PM

Mar 2022

"What he likely is incapable of realizing is that the problem is Putin himself, not the people he fired."

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. K&R Thanks for posting this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:15 PM

Mar 2022

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