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[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Both sides are annoying, but I found Russia's performance to be mind baffling.

Given how corrupt Ukraine is, Putin could have just offered to buy out Zelenskyy and turn him into a pro-Russian puppet.

Instead, he launched an all out invasion that failed to topple the government, and now he's stuck in a stalemate. If he surrenders, then he loses whatever strongman status he built up. But if he continues the fight, then he's just depleting Russia's military inventory.

The whole war is like a Boomer's final cry for attention. Putin is at an age where he should have retired already, but he's using his last days to to make everyone miserable. Pathetic.

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    [–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    The West tried to goad Putin into storming on Kiev, but Putin's not stupid enough to attempt that (according to John Mearsheimer). His actual goal is to try and install a pro-Russian government, not to conquer Ukraine by military means.

    Do you consider the Bay of Pigs a success? The U.S sent troops to overthrow Cuba, yet Castro pushed them back and even got nuclear missiles in return.

    If Putin wants to install a new government, then he's letting millions of Western aid continue to flow into Ukraine.

    [–]oligarchracy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    If Putin wants to install a new government, then he's letting millions of Western aid continue to flow into Ukraine.

    Actually it's now hundreds of billions, not millions, and it hasnt changed the situation on the ground at all, but has convinced a lot of the world that the US is run by crazy people who cannot be trusted. A few years ago there was no end in sight to Jewish global hegemony, but this Ukraine mess is backfiring so badly that it's now conceivable, as it's US golem managed to do the one thing it should never do, convince the world to drop the US dollar. I doubt Putin is some strategic genius that managed to get the US to mortally wound itself as part of some master plan all along, but regardless that is looking like the end result of all this.