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speak easy

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19. No, they don't. The next one would be a hardliner,

Reply to Just A Box Of Rain (Reply #18)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 11:50 PM

Sep 2022

who would declare war and a general mobilization to clean up Putin's mess.

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Could we be witnessing the demise of Vladimir Putin? [View all] Firestorm49 Sep 2022 OP

One for the good guys. Joinfortmill Sep 2022 #1

Or the fuck will just start nuking them...He will not go away quietly. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2022 #2

That is my fear MissB Sep 2022 #10

We shall see nt prodigitalson Sep 2022 #3

What will Trump and the other Putin supporters say when Puntin's execution is announced? Buckeyeblue Sep 2022 #4

I hope so TlalocW Sep 2022 #5

You're not alone. Firestorm49 Sep 2022 #13

Den Haag dsweet Sep 2022 #6

In the event of a nuke attack CanonRay Sep 2022 #7

I agree. I think he'll be deposed before he considers throwing nukes around. Firestorm49 Sep 2022 #12

has Tucker Carlson weighed in on this? DBoon Sep 2022 #8

I think that Putin's odds are similar to Trumps. Chainfire Sep 2022 #9

He's probably the wealthiest man in the world FakeNoose Sep 2022 #11

Of course its possible. I said it would take 2 to 3 years from the invasion BootinUp Sep 2022 #14

My impression is that 'opposition' is being very, very careful stopdiggin Sep 2022 #15

I doubt it but I will be happily surprised if so Meowmee Sep 2022 #16

Putin has taken Russia in a backward trajectory. Firestorm49 Sep 2022 #17

He did that a long time ago and he is still here doing more harm Meowmee Sep 2022 #21

Russians don't like "weak" strong-men Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #18

No, they don't. The next one would be a hardliner, speak easy Sep 2022 #19

Hardliner? Perhaps. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #20

Hardliner? Vladislav Surkov. speak easy Sep 2022 #22

They don't have the equipment to field armed forces under a general mobilization. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #24

I agree with you on the strategic outlook, speak easy Sep 2022 #25

No Lend-Lease (for them anyway) this time. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #28

Russia has not lost any tactical nukes :( speak easy Sep 2022 #29

Wasn't he supposed to be secretly dying of cancer? tinrobot Sep 2022 #23

I suspect Putin's end will be neither graceful nor political. He built a machine to control Russia Ford_Prefect Sep 2022 #26

Well, he'd earn it - like nothing else in his rotten life peppertree Sep 2022 #27

Agree 100% Frances Sep 2022 #30

Well I blue-wave Sep 2022 #31

Please, please, please!!! 🙏 🤞nt Raine Sep 2022 #32

Absolutely No. And then some. Xolodno Sep 2022 #33

Everything Trump touches dies. Solomon Sep 2022 #34