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TexasTowelie

(112,443 posts)
Fri Jan 5, 2024, 01:25 PM Jan 2024

Missiles and Bombs Fall on Russia Itself: Negligence Is the Russian Way - UATV English



Russia's offensive and destructive potential is clearly visible and felt by all Ukrainians, but its protective aspect for Russians themselves remains underdeveloped, to put it mildly. Missiles and bombs fall on the heads of Russians themselves.
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Missiles and Bombs Fall on Russia Itself: Negligence Is the Russian Way - UATV English (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2024 OP
Putin is like the villan from Flash Gordon. Crowman2009 Jan 2024 #1
Putin is just a crook Warpy Jan 2024 #2

Warpy

(111,352 posts)
2. Putin is just a crook
Fri Jan 5, 2024, 05:04 PM
Jan 2024

who was put into power because he hadn't gone to prison but could be counted on to make government insiders richer. This is what he's done very efficiently.

The problem is that he's done it for far too many years and he's now surrounded by yes men who won't tell him bad news and he's gone totally bonkers, falling down a mysticism rabbit hole and blathering about Nazis and destiny, becoming his own Rasputin.

At some point, the rich men who put him into power are going to have to take him out again. Dictatorships like his are often a lot more brittle than anyone realizes. Right now, they're allowed to visit vacation properties and their offspring in the west. When the west finally stops them and boots their offspring back to Russia, they will all be very unhappy with Putin and his war.

Until then, they'll keep supporting him. However, it's not going to last forever.

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