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Is Putin Insane?

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The Ukraine has much in the way of natural resources that Russia would like to have. But all of this warfare doesn't seem to make what they might gain worth the cost and effort. But who knows. Maybe Russia has a military industrial complex as we do. And for them, war is profitable. They may have an excess of males that they would like to see get killed. Which means more women for the rest of them. Also, the Afghans drove the Russians out of Afghanistan. Putin is taking a big risk that war in the Ukraine won't end in the same way.
 
"Insane" is too kind to describe Putzin.

He's Jack the Ripper, the Son of Sam, the Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy & John Wayne Gacy rolled into one large bag of psychopathy.
 
"Insane" is too kind to describe Putzin.

He's Jack the Ripper, the Son of Sam, the Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy & John Wayne Gacy rolled into one large bag of psychopathy.

I wouldn't go quite that far. There could be some method behind his madness. After all, Putin isn't doing anything that hasn't been done countless times before. Maybe a little of what was written by general Smedley Butler may interest you.

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The Ukraine has much in the way of natural resources that Russia would like to have. But all of this warfare doesn't seem to make what they might gain worth the cost and effort. But who knows. Maybe Russia has a military industrial complex as we do. And for them, war is profitable. They may have an excess of males that they would like to see get killed. Which means more women for the rest of them. Also, the Afghans drove the Russians out of Afghanistan. Putin is taking a big risk that war in the Ukraine won't end in the same way.

Except their weapons plants are shutting down because they can't get parts.

Your post is potato and you should feel bad.
 
The Ukraine has much in the way of natural resources that Russia would like to have. But all of this warfare doesn't seem to make what they might gain worth the cost and effort. But who knows. Maybe Russia has a military industrial complex as we do. And for them, war is profitable. They may have an excess of males that they would like to see get killed. Which means more women for the rest of them. Also, the Afghans drove the Russians out of Afghanistan. Putin is taking a big risk that war in the Ukraine won't end in the same way.
Remember, Putin thought he would have a walkover to all those Ukraine assets. Rush to Kyiv. Decapitate the goverment......DONE.

Earth to Vlad, even if that had worked it would not have worked. Whoops.

If he had set out to take the entire seacoast of Ukriane from Donbas to Odesa he would have been in better shape than trying to decapitate the government at Kyiv. He could have land locked the country and while it would have taken time to topple the government, it would have happened eventually if Putin and land locked the country. Not saying taking Donbas to Odesa would have been easy either. But is it turns out Vlad looks stupid, even delirious on 22 years of absolute power and his military looks like crap. I detect a Stalin like purge coming on no matter what happens in Ukraine now.

Now Vlad is stuck in a war of conquest which has him depleting the value of the assets he wishes to conquer while trying to conquer them. But he did not think things would work out as they have. To say he fugged up would be the understatement of this century, making Bush 43 and Iraq2 seem like a minor geopolitical miscalculation. How is this going to look to Vlad if Norway and Sweden then join NATO while he spends treasure and lives maybe.....MAYBE securing the Donbas? Even securing the Donbas is an even bet at best. Yet Norway and Sweden joining NATO is now a very distinct possibility.

No Putin is not insane. But power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Putin has been corrupted absolutely by 22 years of absolute power.
 
The Ukraine has much in the way of natural resources that Russia would like to have. But all of this warfare doesn't seem to make what they might gain worth the cost and effort. But who knows. Maybe Russia has a military industrial complex as we do. And for them, war is profitable. They may have an excess of males that they would like to see get killed. Which means more women for the rest of them. Also, the Afghans drove the Russians out of Afghanistan. Putin is taking a big risk that war in the Ukraine won't end in the same way.

There is a great history since the time of Ghengis Khan whose riders made it all the way to Kiev. Look at the eyes of many Ukranians and Russians. There is a defined Asian influence dating back over a thousand years. "Russia" as we know it now, is a shell of what was left after the Mongols left. To some Ukrainians and many Russians 'restoration' of the "empire" is the driving force.

Most Russians do not consider Ukranians as a distinct society that has no historical land claims.

Also, Putin is aging and has no real legacy except corruption on a mammoth scale. He's not aging gracefully and there are indicators his famous fitness is failing.

Simply put, he sees conquest of south east Ukraine as a legacy, re-uniting the historical Russian Empire.

I believe that Putin blundered badly. He got away with annexing most of the region last time and nobody raised a peep. He seems to have been caught by surprise by the reaction of the International community. He knew NATO would whimper and wail but failed to realize it individual members would push back. Nor did he see any support for sanctions. The most harshly affected are the mobsters he made.

Now, he has two, maybe four week to put an end to this before the Russian economy collapses all together.

Payback ****er!
 
Putin is your typical Fascist Commie Dictator.
Hopefully Ukraine, NATO, and Europe will mortally wound Putin and his ilk, and Good people will start running Russia....
But one has to wonder why now? What made poop-tin so bold as to invade a sovereign peaceful nation ?
 

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Putin is your typical Fascist Commie Dictator.
Hopefully Ukraine, NATO, and Europe will mortally wound Putin and his ilk, and Good people will start running Russia....
But one has to wonder why now? What made poop-tin so bold as to invade a sovereign peaceful nation ?


You do realize “fascist commie” is a complete oxymoron, right?
 
You do realize “fascist commie” is a complete oxymoron, right?
Absolutely not !
At the end of the day you have a Criminal Oppressor controlling the masses ! ...
If you want to split hairs go ahead, but it's a foolish endeavor!

Do you think poop-tin is a Fascist or a Commie ?
 
Putin is your typical Fascist Commie Dictator.
Hopefully Ukraine, NATO, and Europe will mortally wound Putin and his ilk, and Good people will start running Russia....
But one has to wonder why now? What made poop-tin so bold as to invade a sovereign peaceful nation ?


Fascist is the opposite of Commie.

I do wish you Americans would quit referencing either as both are antiquated nominers. Putin is a thug. Period. He is "The Godfather" if you need a symbol to relate to, but Putin rules through his network of mob bosses for the benefit of no one but themselves.

Further, both Fascism & Communism were based on ideals and the desire to improve the human condition. Putin & Co desire only to line their pockets and **** people over
 
Fascist is the opposite of Commie.

I do wish you Americans would quit referencing either as both are antiquated nominers. Putin is a thug. Period. He is "The Godfather" if you need a symbol to relate to, but Putin rules through his network of mob bosses for the benefit of no one but themselves.

Further, both Fascism & Communism were based on ideals and the desire to improve the human condition. Putin & Co desire only to line their pockets and **** people over
Not at all "Opposite"! .... but, if you want to Pretend fascist are commies are different and go off on a tangent go ahead!

Russia is a Communist country technically (or was), but in reality it's very Fascist..... (As we've seen)
Commies tell everyone that they are commies, but the Top Class is "well to do" and the rest are "Equally Poor", basically.....
 
Not at all "Opposite"! .... but, if you want to Pretend fascist are commies are different and go off on a tangent go ahead!

Russia is a Communist country technically (or was), but in reality it's very Fascist..... (As we've seen)
Commies tell everyone that they are commies, but the Top Class is "well to do" and the rest are "Equally Poor", basically.....

We at the feet of masters and learn. Wow!
 
Putin is your typical Fascist Commie Dictator.
Hopefully Ukraine, NATO, and Europe will mortally wound Putin and his ilk, and Good people will start running Russia....
But one has to wonder why now? What made poop-tin so bold as to invade a sovereign peaceful nation ?
No such thing.
One cannot be fascist and communist at the same time.

From the view of the projected rhetorical boilerplate of each extreme, on the Left, we see that Communists project belief in the classless society. enforced equality of outcome and abolition of private property to the max extent possible.
People exist to serve the state.

From the Right we get the opposite. Society is ALL ABOUT being carved up into classes, starting with the elite, both individuals and corporate entities, the latter of which enjoy special status as enhanced people due to their immortality and construction out of steel, glass, concrete, lawyers and a seemingly inexhaustible cache of money, which they use to stomp around demanding their "human rights" while pulverizing mere flesh and blood peons to a red grease spot in the process.

Religion, the fundamentalist kind, enjoys a role in helping enforce hierarchies and it also plays the role of casting the castes in the required light. The poor ARE poor due the fact that they are WICKED. Everyone knows that God smiles upon the wealthy who are so because they are pure and good, and obedient to their Master in Heaven and on Earth, who is chosen BY God, of course.
And mere people exist to serve the state.

Putin is not a communist and Russia is not communist.
The Communist Party in Russia is barely visible in the Duma.
The USSR was Communist, but the USSR ceased to exist in 1991, when the Secretary of the Communist Party dissolved the party and the USSR in the process.

On December 25, 1991 Gorbachev resigned and turned over his presidential powers—including control of the nuclear launch codes—to Yeltsin, who was now the first president of the Russian Federation. That evening, the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin and replaced with the Russian tricolour flag. The following day, the Supreme Soviet's upper chamber, the Soviet of the Republics formally dissolved the Union.[1][2]
 
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No such thing.
One cannot be fascist and communist at the same time.

From the view of the projected rhetorical boilerplate of each extreme, on the Left, we see that Communists project belief in the classless society. enforced equality of oaced with the Russian tricolour flag. The following day, the Supreme Soviet's upper chamber, the Soviet of the Republics formally dissolved the Union.[1][2]
If it walks, talks. quacks ..... It's a F'in Duck

You do know the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) are still waiting on the Vanguard to not be needed right ?....
Even today they effectively have 1 party ....

But keep on keeping on....
 
The Ukraine has much in the way of natural resources that Russia would like to have. But all of this warfare doesn't seem to make what they might gain worth the cost and effort. But who knows. Maybe Russia has a military industrial complex as we do. And for them, war is profitable. They may have an excess of males that they would like to see get killed. Which means more women for the rest of them. Also, the Afghans drove the Russians out of Afghanistan. Putin is taking a big risk that war in the Ukraine won't end in the same way.
He's a dictator, he's not insane but he is brutal.
 
If it walks, talks. quacks ..... It's a F'in Duck

You do know the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) are still waiting on the Vanguard to not be needed right ?....
Even today they effectively have 1 party ....

But keep on keeping on....
You do not know WTF you're talking about, end of story.
If you did, you could refute at least ONE part of what I said, but instead you're talking about ducks.
Fascism and Communism are two authoritarian extremes but know this --- they are TWO, and they are different.
That is, one is not the same as the other.
You skipped or flunked History and Social Studies.
SIT DOWN.
 
You do not know WTF you're talking about, end of story.
If you did, you could refute at least ONE part of what I said, but instead you're talking about ducks.
Fascism and Communism are two authoritarian extremes but know this --- they are TWO, and they are different.
That is, one is not the same as the other.
You skipped or flunked History and Social Studies.
SIT DOWN.
No you are sheep who will accept what a lying liar tells you !
I don't care about the "definitions", when the end result is something else!
China is Commie too ! NOT!

Like I said if it Walks Talks and Quack.....
I even pointed out the Vangard Con of the Commies, and you still couldn't put 2&2 together . That's on you Flunky!
 
Insane? No.

But like many people with unchecked power who are surrounded by yes-men, he's capable of making horrific miscalculations.
 
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