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Warpy

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13. Well, that was interesting

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2022, 04:40 PM

Apr 2022

Putin seems to have lost a bit of his swagger along the way. Russian losses in Mariupol must be staggering, and some information about how the rest of the world is regarding it must have reached him.

Yeah, he's aged.

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Putin calls off "pointless" storming of Mariupol [View all] BeyondGeography Apr 2022 OP

Not called off. Just a switch in tactics. C_U_L8R Apr 2022 #1

Agreed...As you know BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #3

Regional genocide. Displace, remove or kill the majority of the inhabitants and replace them... Thomas Hurt Apr 2022 #2

China vs. Tibet style. IA8IT Apr 2022 #7

He is just going to starve the people. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #4

Putin does look different. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #5

He does. Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2022 #8

Narcissists don't usually commit suicide. But he might. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #10

Head is out of proportion to his body Richard D Apr 2022 #14

Yes and would explain the rumored steroid treatment. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #15

also . . . Richard D Apr 2022 #16

I didn't notice that part. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #17

I worry he pulls out his soldiers just to set in missiles and I'm scared if will have PA_jen Apr 2022 #6

Yes, my first thought - this is a trick liberalla Apr 2022 #9

It would be great if we could drop some supplies down to them... liberalla Apr 2022 #11

He looks sort of "not there" to me. Cracklin Charlie Apr 2022 #12

Well, that was interesting Warpy Apr 2022 #13