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Planning the lightning strike and capture of Kyiv for decades? Truly a strategic genius, Putin is.

• MagnumOpus 3y ago
  Underestimating the enemy rarely ends up well. The decapitation strikes might have worked if Ukraine didn't have advance warning from very detailed intelligence, and if the Russian military was as competent as everyone assumed.
  • jabl 3y ago
    Not saying Putin should be underestimated. Even if his strategic cunning is on the level of a village idiot, he clearly has a lot of men and material to throw into the meat grinder. And pretty clearly he doesn't give a shit about casualties either. That the West has been unable to provide sufficient support to Ukraine to stand against this aggression is a mark of shame that will take a long time to wash away.
• dghughes 3y ago
  Yeah it's incredibly embarrassing to supposedly plan for so long only to have it fail so spectacularly. Even Georgia didn't go very well. It's hard to know if the person saying that about Putin is a plant for propaganda or if he really was being honest. He could be unknowing be spreading misinformation to benefit Putin and I could be doing the same quoting what the man said.