I guess this is presented as the literal truth. In which case it is not just a fiasco in Ukraine but apparently of cosmic significance for the Russian military and the Russian State overall.
The psychological shock to Putin must be cataclysmic.
Very interesting to see if he can absorb it, accept it, come to terms with it and adjust his behaviour to deal with it: or will he go into denial perhaps like Hitler in the last days and start on a programme of increasingly irrational and hopeless 'counter measures' ?
I think if Putin turns out to be made of the same stuff as our leaders (the West, USA, UK, Aus, NZ, etc ) then he'll go mad, the situation looks very bleak for the future.
If he's made of better, sterner stuff then he'll find a way out, a 'diplomatic' solution and he'll finish up profiting from the exercise: for he'll then stand amidst the truth and will surely know, or have some chance of knowing, what to henceforth.
By looking at this he's been living in a fool's paradise until now. Kept there, nurtured there, by the usual circle of toadies, sycophants, opportunists etc. - and goaded constantly by the West.
I pity such men. 'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.' indeed.
But in the testing we will come to know them.
Our people have been tested this last two years and more and I think have well and truly shown themselves to be beneath contempt, liars craven cowards, self seeking malfeasants to a man.
I know few people like Putin and making war is a terrible, horrible thing. But frankly my hope is that he'll weather this, the scales will fall from his eyes and he'll be the better for it and he'll make Russia and Europe the better henceforth.
aha... I wouldn't know any different. But it is the first suggestion I've seen of a 'power behind the throne' big enough, strong enough, to remove him. Last story I got was that he was installed as a puppet by such 'puppet masters' but outmanoeuvred them and took power in his own right.
I guess this is presented as the literal truth. In which case it is not just a fiasco in Ukraine but apparently of cosmic significance for the Russian military and the Russian State overall.
The psychological shock to Putin must be cataclysmic.
Very interesting to see if he can absorb it, accept it, come to terms with it and adjust his behaviour to deal with it: or will he go into denial perhaps like Hitler in the last days and start on a programme of increasingly irrational and hopeless 'counter measures' ?
I think if Putin turns out to be made of the same stuff as our leaders (the West, USA, UK, Aus, NZ, etc ) then he'll go mad, the situation looks very bleak for the future.
If he's made of better, sterner stuff then he'll find a way out, a 'diplomatic' solution and he'll finish up profiting from the exercise: for he'll then stand amidst the truth and will surely know, or have some chance of knowing, what to henceforth.
By looking at this he's been living in a fool's paradise until now. Kept there, nurtured there, by the usual circle of toadies, sycophants, opportunists etc. - and goaded constantly by the West.
I pity such men. 'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.' indeed.
But in the testing we will come to know them.
Our people have been tested this last two years and more and I think have well and truly shown themselves to be beneath contempt, liars craven cowards, self seeking malfeasants to a man.
I know few people like Putin and making war is a terrible, horrible thing. But frankly my hope is that he'll weather this, the scales will fall from his eyes and he'll be the better for it and he'll make Russia and Europe the better henceforth.
I suspect Putin failures prevent those projections. He will be eventually removed. What happens afterwards will be kept secret.
aha... I wouldn't know any different. But it is the first suggestion I've seen of a 'power behind the throne' big enough, strong enough, to remove him. Last story I got was that he was installed as a puppet by such 'puppet masters' but outmanoeuvred them and took power in his own right.