I have to believe that the latest bluster and threats and posing from Trump is because economically, culturally and just from sheer manpower alone, Russia is very nearly spent. Trying to force a Russia friendly solution while they still have the "appearance" of superior force.
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More like to the last Russian, at the speed he's going through them
More like "to the last ounce of gold in the central bank's reserves" (they're already selling it and it won't last much beyond 6 months). After that, more soldiers can't be hired, salaries can't be paid and more Chinese tech can't be bought, unless oil revenues recover (Ukraine will ensure they won't).
I expect a chunk of Russia gold would coincidentally vanish with Putin's resignation.
i cannot WAIT until this fucker is dead.
It would be awesome if Russians Mussolinied Putin.
they should after the gas shortage, inflation and this tax hike.
He sure talks a lot of shit for someone who's almost broke, and has to backfill with North Korean soldiers.
He's just attempting to appear strong to prevent himself from falling out a window.
Ready to fight to the last
Gaslighting
Pointless to sign anything
Obstructing
Ukraine's government is illegitimate
Projecting
... Where do I know this playbook from?
Take the initial of those 3 words.
:O
those 3 words
T3W?
TTW?
I don’t get it.
Anyone else remember Lord Farquaad from Shrek?
"You think he's compensating for something"
Why bother with a peace deal of any kind then? Oh right cuz your full of shit
Will the war end if he dies?
Very probable. At this point it is solely his personal project. The Russians just comply with him because, well, that is what Russians do.
I’m always astounded at the near universal human ability to act as though some demented fuckhead is some super wizard who forces them to do shit. Putin is just some guy, he’s largely useless and he wears stupid high-heels because he’s not even able to stand up to his own crap. Everyone could just start ignorning him tomorrow but they don’t.
Part of that problem is there are a lot of people who love to be thugs. They’re just broken losers who love taking orders that let them be mean to others and the world would be so much better with them as red paste on the sidewalk to be washed away by the rain.
Worth a try either way.
Thats the spirit!
Time to open those windows!
Depends how he dies.
If he gets Gaddafied by his own people, I imagine his successor might try to do things differently.
The war will only end if he dies.
Probably not, the way Russia is right now it's more likely some nationalist military commander fills that power vacuum then a sane democratic regime.
It wouldn't necessarily take a sane democratic regime to end the war. A military dictator could just as well do that. It is not their project but very specifically Putin's project, and a military dictator could use the military power expended in the war much better elsewhere.
Yes.
Pretty much every thing putin says is a lie. He says he'll fight to the last Ukrainian - this means he knows he has to concede.
He's 73. He has a good person doing his plastic surgeon work. He has the same distracting headlines as trump though.
The Russian political magazine Sobesednik (Russian: Собеседник) alleged in 2018 that Putin had a sensory room installed in his private residence in the Novgorod Oblast.[544] The White House, as well as Western generals, politicians, and political analysts, have questioned Putin's mental health after two years of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.[545][546][547]
He has a good person doing his plastic surgeon work.
???
What? That must be a lousy plastic surgeon then, or extremely poor material to work on, because he looks every bit 73 years old. I had a neighbor who was 71, and they look very similar in age, and my neighbor most definitely never saw a plastic surgeon.
He kind of looks the same as he has for a decade now. Maybe that's what I'm seeing, he's always look this old.
Yes that's true.
Also Russian age different. They go from young looking 18-25 to 60 year old at 35
There's also the babushka bomb
There's a huge difference between a hard life at the low end of the scale, to a privileged lifestyle like Putin has.
Also I don't believe your images represent what you claim, and finally nationality has NOTHING to do with it.
Lots of privileged Russians are hardcore drunks as well.
Putin wasn't always privileged IIRC. He was a taxi driver at one point, and I also wouldn't call being a paper-pusher for the KGB a laid back no-stress lifestyle.
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Putin planning to organ harvest his way all the way there?
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