Originally Posted by
pritch
Your consensus? You've decided to agree with yourself? Interesting.
Only way to get an accurate response :P
Originally Posted by
pritch
Putin has previously been aloof and calculating. His recent speeches have been emotional, that's new. It's likely that he saw what he interpreted as weakness, but he got that wrong. He has united Europe.
It's hard to say how this will end and it's difficult to get good info, but so far Putin has got it wrong at every level. A new experience for him. He may get very nasty.
Currently the two biggest weaknesses are the UK and to a lesser extent the USA. The current British government is owned by oligarchs, they are doing their best not to do anything that will upset their Russian donors. Similarly some Repunblican senators have been beneficiaries of Russian largesse, at least they are not the party in power. Now.
Ah yes, the Party in Power.
The party and president that some might say allowed this to happen.
On the united Europe part, I can definitely see that what has happened has Galvanized parts of Europe. I've seen some interesting things regarding Firearms law in Europe - suddenly countries are getting awfully Second Amendment-esque.
The two biggest factors for me would be Biden being in the hot seat (but clearly not in charge) and the absolute failure in Afghanistan. Add in the increasing emphasis on Woke nonsense (remember, as Ex-KGB, Putin will be well aware of the use of Marxism and Marxist ideals to destabilize a country), He sees his biggest Adversary (The US) as not being a serious threat anymore.
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
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