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In reply to the discussion: I think Putin knows he is fucked. [View all]maxsolomon
(38,956 posts)34. Thanks for injecting reality into this thread.
Putin isn't "fucked". He's battering Ukraine into submission, committing War Crime after War Crime that he'll never be held accountable for.
Russia has plenty of tanks, plenty of missiles, plenty of planes - their forces just need a resupply. Eventually, he carves off whatever pieces of Ukraine he has his eyes on - the entire steppe including Odesa is my prediction.
He has no realistic chance of being overthrown. He rules until he's too elderly to hang on, probably 15 years from now, min.
At least this has ended the West's love affair with Russian money laundering. For now.
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Who is this, and where or What movie is it from. Thanks for telling me/us..Please Explain..
Stuart G
Mar 2022
#45
+1. And American taxpayers should not have to pay for damages caused by Putin in Ukraine.
dalton99a
Mar 2022
#22
I was minding my own business when a thug attacked me & put me in the hospital....
Hekate
Mar 2022
#53
People don't want to hear it, but I doubt Putin will walk away with nothing.
Wingus Dingus
Mar 2022
#56
Simple...Let Putin announce he's won on Russian TV and he's withdrawing his troops now.
Dan
Mar 2022
#26
I guess my question is, why do you even think like that? You want him to save face?
Hekate
Mar 2022
#48
Offer him a rubber room and someone to play Risk with him and always let him win.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2022
#49