1. Putin is almost 70 and there are reports he is making decisions differently than he did in the past 2. He's surrounded himself with yes men 3. Those yes me

1. Putin is almost 70 and there are reports he is making decisions differently than he did in the past 2. He's surrounded himself with yes men 3. Those yes men told him Europe wouldn't do anything and Ukraine would fall quickly. They told him it'd be another Crimea 4. Once the war started it became obvious they made a terrible mistake, but now Putin's stuck in a clusterfuck of epic proportions for Putin, Ukraine, and Russia.