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Wow does he ever look like shit. AIDS or polonium?Tweet
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If they wanted to use chemical/biological, I’m sure they’d bomb a few Russian civilians themselves, military targets are fine , there people are starving/dying, if they go further we all understand.I don't know but with Putin you just never know and that was my point.
Basically, I don't have experience dealing with a lunatic.
I mean yeah he always looks like shit, but he somehow looks even worse here.Wow does he ever look like shit. AIDS or polonium?
Trump is just a miserable nasty hateful individual.In the middle of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have this. Anyone still think that Trump is not a Russian intelligence asset?
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More like a sociopathic person who doesn’t experience any empathy towards different people and uses literally anything for his individual advantage.In the middle of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have this. Anyone still think that Trump is not a Russian intelligence asset?
A cnut you mean?More like a sociopathic person who doesn’t experience any empathy towards different people and uses literally anything for his individual advantage.
Yeah.A cnut you mean?
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I don't think he's anyone's asset per se. Not in his mind, anyway. He's just a dumb, self-serving, immoral, deluded, narcissist who cares only for himself. I doubt he recognises that he furthers the interests of Putin (I reckon he truly believes he is being tough on Russia), but even if he does somehow recognise it deep down he clearly has no capacity for caring for America. It just doesn't matter to him at all.In the middle of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have this. Anyone still think that Trump is not a Russian intelligence asset?
Peace isn't in the interest of the leaders of the DNR and LNR. Their entire use to Putin and existence is defined by being an antagonist to the rest of Ukraine. Early leaders of the DNR and LNR were already replaced by various means once they exhausted their usefulness. These current leaders will be just the same.The de-escalation doesn't seem to concern the Eastern front.
Russian-backed separatists claim that UA is shelling civilians. He is talking like they are not part of the RU-UA negotiations, and somewhat not bound by its results so far.
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Real charmer..
After the city fell to Russian forces, Jacob made the decision to leave his wife and stepdaughter and boarded a bus taking foreigners to Turkey. He was captured and detained during the journey.
There are times I doubt it... Mainly becuase so many others do and consider it a conspiracy theory. Then I actuallly put some thought into it and realise that's just silly.In the middle of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have this. Anyone still think that Trump is not a Russian intelligence asset?
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It's not an irony for many of them, because they have perverted the definition of "patriot" so that (for them) it now means opposition to genuine democracy, opposition to law and order, and support for authoritarian "strong men" like Trump. Much of the alt-right in America is now pretty much indistinguishable from Russian ultra-nationalist supporters of Putin.I don't think he's anyone's asset per se. Not in his mind, anyway. He's just a dumb, self-serving, immoral, deluded, narcissist who cares only for himself. I doubt he recognises that he furthers the interests of Putin (I reckon he truly believes he is being tough on Russia), but even if he does somehow recognise it deep down he clearly has no capacity for caring for America. It just doesn't matter to him at all.
The biggest irony of all is the idiots who vote for him thinking he's a "patriot". How detached from reality must you be to believe that.
Quelle surpriseAnd you wonder why people are disgusted about the Red Cross seriously proposing to facilitate the evacuation of Ukrainian refugees to Russia:
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You read Tom Clancy novels where the US opponents have similar dynamics, and yet you think "surely no one would be like that in the real world". Then you read that the Japanese did similar in WWII, not reporting their carrier losses at Midway to the emperor, falsely claiming more US carriers sunk than the US even had, and again you think "surely no one would be like that in 2022". Yet apparently here we are.Tweet
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Were they actually conscripts or conned into signing processional contracts very early?Tweet
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Then you read hundreds of tweets from journalists that meant nothing but made for a good story and you still see posts like this actually believing Putin does not know what his military is up to. He knows. Losses and all. He's not just playing ps5 getting calls from his generals.You read Tom Clancy novels where the US opponents have similar dynamics, and yet you think "surely no one would be like that in the real world". Then you read that the Japanese did similar in WWII, not reporting their carrier losses at Midway to the emperor, falsely claiming more US carriers sunk than the US even had, and again you think "surely no one would be like that in 2022". Yet apparently here we are.
Does he really? All reports suggest that he lives extremely isolated since Covid started to be an issue, and also that he doesn't use modern technologies like smart phones etc, but instead relies on reports on paper. Someone has to get those to him, and it is plausible that those are carefully done in a way that favors the reporter.Then you read hundreds of tweets from journalists that meant nothing but made for a good story and you still see posts like this actually believing Putin does not know what his military is up to. He knows. Losses and all. He's not just playing ps5 getting calls from his generals.
He definitely knows what's going on. The problem is that the logic of his decision making is based on the paranoia of his own isolation, as well as his inner circle not wanting to give him assessments they think would anger him (thereby jeopardizing their own positions and safety). In the absence of a proper advisor who isn't afraid of him, he will continue to blunder his way through a series of miscalculations.Does he really? All reports suggest that he lives extremely isolated since Covid started to be an issue, and also that he doesn't use modern technologies like smart phones etc, but instead relies on reports on paper. Someone has to get those to him, and it is plausible that those are carefully done in a way that favors the reporter.
So it is absolutely plausible that a lot of his military decisions are/were based on very wrong information.
How can he fully know what's going on if, as you suggest, his inner circle don't want to give him assessments they think would anger him?He definitely knows what's going on. The problem is that the logic of his decision making is based on the paranoia of his own isolation, as well as his inner circle not wanting to give him assessments they think would anger him (thereby jeopardizing their own positions and safety). In the absence of a proper advisor who isn't afraid of him, he will continue to blunder his way through a series of miscalculations.
This is a quote from a US govt official, so the journalist didn't make it up. The US official might have made it up, or it could be bad intelligence. But there is precedent for this sort of self-deception, in the case of Japan in WWII that I mentioned but also you could argue that in the case of the US govt itself and evaluations about the situation in Afghanistan all through the last 20 years.Then you read hundreds of tweets from journalists that meant nothing but made for a good story and you still see posts like this actually believing Putin does not know what his military is up to. He knows. Losses and all. He's not just playing ps5 getting calls from his generals.
As someone obsessed with his own self-image, he watches a lot of TV and not just his own Russian channels.How can he fully know what's going on if, as you suggest, his inner circle don't want to give him assessments they think would anger him?
That might give him a bit of a reality shock now, but in the build up of the war Western TV stations were mostly believing that Russia would seize Ukraine in 2-3 days, in line with his own believes.As someone obsessed with his own self-image, he watches a lot of TV and not just his own Russian channels.
Does he really? All reports suggest that he lives extremely isolated since Covid started to be an issue, and also that he doesn't use modern technologies like smart phones etc, but instead relies on reports on paper. Someone has to get those to him, and it is plausible that those are carefully done in a way that favors the reporter.
So it is absolutely plausible that a lot of his military decisions are/were based on very wrong information.
How can anyone believe he is living in a shell like that. It's a simple case of losing men and armory and miscalculations but not affording to back out to face the nation. I am not one of those folks who thinks Putin is some sort of chess master but the lengths people go to, to make it seem like he's in a basement thinking nothing wrong is going on, is pretty silly imo.This is a quote from a US govt official, so the journalist didn't make it up. The US official might have made it up, or it could be bad intelligence. But there is precedent for this sort of self-deception, in the case of Japan in WWII that I mentioned but also you could argue that in the case of the US govt itself and evaluations about the situation in Afghanistan all through the last 20 years.
I think the truth probably sits somewhere in the middle. One the one hand, he clearly didn't realise that Ukraine wouldn't just roll over and surrender, nor that most Ukrainians would be hostile to incoming Russian troops, nor that his forces would perform so badly due to poor equipment, poor leadership, low morale (etc etc). All that speaks to him having previously been living in a shell of some kind.How can anyone believe he is living in a shell like that. It's a simple case of losing men and armory and miscalculations but not affording to back out to face the nation. I am not one of those folks who thinks Putin is some sort of chess master but the lengths people go to, to make it seem like he's in a basement thinking nothing wrong is going on, is pretty silly imo.
Honestly, if you look at Putin I've never seen him look more panicked and worried. His comments have never been more aggressive. He knows exactly what's going on and is stressed as hell about it.
But contrary to Putin’s fantasies, the ongoing transformation of the global energy system is not a process that can be bludgeoned into oblivion, confused by disinformation warfare or distracted by sleight-of-hand negotiations. It is being driven by fundamental economic factors. The diminishing returns and escalating costs of fossil fuel extraction are being outcompeted by exponentially declining costs and improving the performance of energy and transport technologies. The EROI of renewable energy plants is already higher than that of fossil fuels, and continually increasing. In comparison, the hyper-expensive exploitation of remote fossil fuel resources in Siberia is economically unsustainable, even amidst triple-digit oil prices, simply because such expensive, low-quality energy cannot compete.
He's a typical strongman who rules through fear.How can anyone believe he is living in a shell like that. It's a simple case of losing men and armory and miscalculations but not affording to back out to face the nation. I am not one of those folks who thinks Putin is some sort of chess master but the lengths people go to, to make it seem like he's in a basement thinking nothing wrong is going on, is pretty silly imo.
Honestly, if you look at Putin I've never seen him look more panicked and worried. His comments have never been more aggressive. He knows exactly what's going on and is stressed as hell about it.