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Really hope this is true because it probably reduces risk of more violence. If Putin was convinced to carry out the operation because some war hawks said it wou
by officehero 5y ago
Really hope this is true because it probably reduces risk of more violence. If Putin was convinced to carry out the operation because some war hawks said it would be a cake walk, they will now be out of favor and the more sober and calculating Putin will realize this was all a big mistake and that further attacks will just make things worse.
- tguvot 5y agoPutin went bananas. He now digs in, because other wise it will show that he is weak. Also there are news that after couple of years in covid isolation he "changed". The only one who can interact with him directly are his bodyguards. Yesterday on news segment when he was ordering to bring nuclear forces to readiness, minister of defence and chief general or whatever were sitting at least 10m away from him
- pbourke 5y agoA “sober and calculating” person would never have entered into this conflict. Putin seems to have an almost-religious perception of this situation. He views Ukraine as part of a “greater Russia”, and the post-Soviet reorganization that put Ukraine on a vector away from Russian influence as a great historical humiliation. His comments about there being no point to a world without Russia in it (from 2018) and about the Russia/Ukraine split as an accident of history rather than a fact to be recognized (from last summer) are deeply disturbing. Russia seems to be relatively weak in all dimensions but two: the ability to indiscriminately level a city and nuclear weapons. Perilous times.