I'm serious, do you think the protesters have the same protections they do in the west? They'll disappear under Putin and come back malnourished if they're lucky
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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I'm serious, do you think the protesters have the same protections they do in the west? They'll disappear under Putin and come back malnourished if they're lucky
Small scale, yes, but not if too large to handle (see French Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution, American Revolution, etc.). And do you think the Russian police want to kill their own people? And with social media, not only would the world see Putin murdering his own people, but so would the Russian people. Not a good look
I’m not saying there is a Revolution there, but large scale protests would present significant problems
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Wars have been fought over soccer.
The more the world in its entirety -- economic, political, sporting, entertainment, etc. - make the Russian government a pariah, the better.
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It's not like there isn't past precedence.
Stalin had nearly a million of his own citizens executed, beginning in the 1930s. Millions more fell victim to forced labor, deportation, famine, massacres, and detention and interrogation by Stalin’s henchmen.
“In some cases, a quota was established for the number to be executed, the number to be arrested,” said Naimark. “Some officials overfulfilled as a way of showing their exuberance.”
I think Russian protest/unrest matter.
But the thing I keep coming back to...how do you get to Putin? He's former KGB, he's legendarily paranoid, he's got all the money in the world, he's been preparing for this for years, he's purged every possible threat.
He's virtually insulated from all consequences.
Eventually, someone will have to put one in the back of his head, but I'm not sure how all the uprising in Russia can get to him.
I suppose at some point military command can stop executing his orders, but I imagine Putin has them all thoroughly compromised, and to do so would result in the immediate liquidation of their families.
I wonder, if it goes on long enough, that you just have mass surrender of the Russian troops in the field. If you've got 60k boots on the ground, that's too many to summarily execute.
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OMG. Please do not tell me you actually believe this.
Ok, I'm out for now...
That is a tough hold, after being a tough take.If playing Risk has taught me anything, it's that invading and holding Ukraine is fraught with peril!
Ukraine and Mideast are the Asia/Europe linchpins.
I always start Risk by taking Australia if possible. Two solid points per round and safety in solitude.
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He’s such a nut job POS. Thank goodness he was exposed early in Trump’s tenure.Statement from Flynn today
Jesus ****ing christStatement from Flynn today
It’s a huge stain on our military system that he advanced to the rank he did. How could that happen?
What’s amazing to me is he made it so high within our military ranks with that mindset and for so long.
Seriously. It's terrifying that man was the National Security Advisor at one point. And let's not forget, the reason he resigned from that position was because he gave inaccurate statements regarding a conversation he had with a Russian Ambassador.
The best people.
Right, and by all accounts they’ve been working hard at upgrading their military since he took Crimea from them.
Not sure what the Iraq article is about.
I’m not questioning whether Russia would win this war in the long run. It’s whether Ukraine has done enough to be able hold off Russia long enough.
I mean....it's not like they caused the Soviet Union any problems...
2605 &2nd Road (aka Victory Rd) #904, Ellenton, FL 34222....psssssst.....its a post office. Pass it on.Statement from Flynn today
Psst… it secretly arouses the cons
Why on earth would Russian forces want anything to do with Chernobyl, other than to release radiation upon the Ukrainian population?
I have often wondered the same thing. Flynn is either a very bad or a very damaged person—or a very compromised person.
Putin was upset at the HBO miniseries Chernobyl so I'm sure he's sending troops there to set the record straight. You know, how the Chernobyl explosion was actually the result of the CIA and it's America's fault.
Looks like we might get a shot at season two of Chernobyl.
The Russians Seized Chernobyl. Should We Be Terrified?
The nuclear disaster site fell swiftly. There’s a 36,000-ton reason not to panic.
Russian forces have captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in one of the most dangerous threats to Europe right now
"It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe."
Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital
The Russian military is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital
I'm putting the 1st tweet for perspective. GEN Abrams is an actual GEN (Flynn is a LTG, it's not appropriate for him to call himself GEN and he knows it) and the former FORSCOM and US Forces Korea (USFK) commander.
Peter Arnett doing Peter Arnett things. The point was unrealistic expectations about the pace of operations led to a faulty conclusion the 'war plan failed'.
Flynn is compromised by the Ruskies. Throw him in Leavenworth and interrogate him.
