If he actually manages to overthrow Putin, Russia will be in administational chaos for weeks and months. No way they could continue the war under these circumstances and would be forced to retreat.
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Apart from the invasion itself this is the most mental development so far.
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2023 was getting a bit stale if all the attention on a little sub was anything to go by. I still remember my dad telling me the 60/70s were the craziest time in the world compared to today. This was before Covid and Trump. He hasn't said it since.
I used to think like that until the Ukraine war. Thought whoever manages to rid Russia of Putin would be worse.
Having seen the pictures of Mariupol and so many other Ukranian cities changed my mind. Won't get much worse than that and if that spreads whoever spreads it wont live long either.
I think @calodo2003 is referring to Crimson Tide, with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman.
I dunno using banana republics as an example its just seems a mental corrupt dictator is replaced by an even more mental hot dog salesman. Its a major morale boost for Ukraine atm but im not getting giddy(well a bit) about how this will turn out.
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Naw, he's all mouth and trousers, he just pretends, his Mom aka Estelle Getty is one you need
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Hackman & Denzel had to deal with the breakaway separatists who gained the nuclear codes for the ballistic missiles, Clooney et al had to deal with a suitcase nuke.
Both films do work today though.
Nice flick that one.
Upon rumination, both movies can work.
Ah, good call.
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This is not going to end well for these soldiers aganst PMC savages who live for war.
Kadyrov's tiktok army probably faked mechanical problems to create a traffic jam, so they don't have to advance on Rostov for now
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That's it, it's over.
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Remember when some Cafites were convinced these guys were the best of the best, the elite of Russian forces, maybe the best thing since sliced bread and the Navy Seals?
They're just like that kid who had a mega scrap decades ago and has lived off it ever since.
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They are very good.
Whether Kadyrov actually wants his trusted regiments to die while defending the Russian military is a separate question.
Has the mercenary captain made any kind of pitch for why folks should want his lot to succeed, or is he not bothering with that stuff?
What does Wagnerok mean?
Hold on, this lad is just a cook?
Officially, he wants to stop the lies and corruption of the Russian MoD. Unofficially, he just loves power and doesn't want to lose it.
Im not sure making hot dogs qualifies you as a a cook
I hate these takes so much. As if it's impossible or wrong to read up on current topics.
It's a pun on Ragnarök
I didn't say Chef and woosh!
Found the expert
Yeah. He was in prison for child prostitution, then took over a restaurant that was a meeting point for Moscow's high society. This way he met Putin and his friendship gave him the opportunity to open restaurants all over the country, as well as cater for the whole Russian army. He made billions and with that money, he created Wagner.
It feels so surreal. Going off some of the footage, it seems calm relative to the enormity of the situation. Almost expecting some sort of agreement to come out of nowhere.