I’ll say this, if ever there was a time for Putin’s opps to break out massive protests now is the time with all eyes on this part of the world.
One of the main reasons why wars can turn out badly, even when they have been launched with confidence, is underestimation of the enemy.
He thought the little green men tactic where Ukrainians just rolled over in 2014 was going to work. Nah fam.This:
Every leader, no matter what country, always goes into a war thinking it will be short, precise, and easy. I'll never understand why. Putin of all people should know.
many of the existing communist elite then became oligarchs as the privatization of state property was largely a sham.One thing that isn’t brought up is the failed transition from Communism to Capitalism. All it did was create crony capitalist oligarchy in its place. Governance itself didn’t change things.
Putin really doesn’t know history if he thinks multi-front wars are a good idea.so putin threatening finland now? so his whole thing is gonna be "you better not join nato or i'ma invade you?" he better remember the winter war.
There are so many Russians, and our country so small, where will we find room to bury them all?”
If I’m Ukraine I’ll use Russian weapons and shoot at Poland…f-it