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maxsolomon

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34. Thanks for injecting reality into this thread.
Mon Mar 14, 2022, 02:26 PM
Mar 2022

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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I think Putin knows he is fucked. [View all] fightforfreedom Mar 2022 OP
We don't. COL Mustard Mar 2022 #1
Someone who was not trained by the KGB. redstatebluegirl Mar 2022 #3
His name is Alex Navalny Bev54 Mar 2022 #17
Yes! lunatica Mar 2022 #38
And I love that meme! PatSeg Mar 2022 #39
I "borrowed" it from someone here on DU lunatica Mar 2022 #40
And now I've "borrowed" it from you! PatSeg Mar 2022 #41
So do I! smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #42
Nothing like a good meme to make your day! PatSeg Mar 2022 #43
Who is this, and where or What movie is it from. Thanks for telling me/us..Please Explain.. Stuart G Mar 2022 #45
Great meme!! Bev54 Mar 2022 #46
Tell him if he surrenders himself Beachnutt Mar 2022 #2
I agree with you OLDMDDEM Mar 2022 #4
We can call him "Tsar" in prison, too, if it will make him happy. nt Gore1FL Mar 2022 #31
He should share a cell with TFG nt Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #50
I agree he's fucked. Even if he eventually wins by... brush Mar 2022 #5
Trying to placate a bully will only lead to more bullying dalton99a Mar 2022 #6
He can choose... WheelWalker Mar 2022 #7
I don't think this is true at all. unblock Mar 2022 #8
if all he actually wants is the Donbas region (and maybe down to the coast) anarch Mar 2022 #47
Nope, no way, no how bottrott Mar 2022 #9
We give him a dirt nap is what we do! That Emile Mar 2022 #10
+1 Meadowoak Mar 2022 #14
Suspect he has a retirement mansion Enoki33 Mar 2022 #11
3rd floor is good enough. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #20
We are a couple of months away from major food riots in the ME and Africa. roamer65 Mar 2022 #12
Will have to offer rollback of SOME sanctions and restoration of some Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #13
Fuck that; any reduction of sanctions has to be matched by reparations. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #21
+1. And American taxpayers should not have to pay for damages caused by Putin in Ukraine. dalton99a Mar 2022 #22
Not sure what will ultimately be negotiated, but Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #23
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
And I think he has health issues as well. lpbk2713 Mar 2022 #15
Is there any evidence that he has health problems? nt. Mariana Mar 2022 #25
Only speculation, not based on info from his own personal physicians. lpbk2713 Mar 2022 #27
Thank you. nt. Mariana Mar 2022 #29
A lot of posts in this thread BGBD Mar 2022 #16
Thanks for injecting reality into this thread. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #34
Bingo BGBD Mar 2022 #36
indeed, the magical thinking is strong in this one Celerity Mar 2022 #37
No, we don't save his face or his ass. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #18
Russians don't give a shit about saving face, which is an Asian concept dalton99a Mar 2022 #19
He's not going to stop until he's dead or the rest of us are. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #24
Simple...Let Putin announce he's won on Russian TV and he's withdrawing his troops now. Dan Mar 2022 #26
The only way this ends is with Putin gone, saving face is Not an option. sarcasmo Mar 2022 #28
There may be only one way out for him, at this point. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2022 #30
May I disagree respectfully? hamsterjill Mar 2022 #32
I want him to lose his face. relayerbob Mar 2022 #33
His only options are death or exile. Lettuce Be Mar 2022 #35
Putin deserves the same fate we gave bin Laden. Initech Mar 2022 #44
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
I don't think he knows that at all. (n/t) SMC22307 Mar 2022 #51
I don't understand some of these comments at all. "We" give him "pieces of Ukraine"? How about... Hekate Mar 2022 #52
Pretend for a moment his name is Adolf Hitler and apply that question Hekate Mar 2022 #54
Why? Fuck Putin...as you pointed out he seems to know it n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #55
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