This is the kind of weaponry the Russian army used yesterday to shoot at Ukrainian soldiers from across the border:
25 Ukrainians were killed yesterday and about 100 were wounded so badly that the experienced medical personnel was fainting with horror when seeing the wounds. The number of the missile launchers shooting at Ukrainians was somewhere around 40.
I keep reading endless self-congratulatory articles in the Western media as to how Putin has been humiliated in Ukraine and how he has to count his losses. The people who write this crap are absolutely delusional. Putin is achieving everything he ever wanted in Ukraine. Here are his major achievements in Ukraine:
1. Russia’s ownership of the Crimea has been de facto recognized by everybody. There is no more talk about Russia returning the occupied territories to Ukraine.
2. The constant low-grade conflict maintained in the South-East of Ukraine allows Putin to get rid (by sending them to fight in Ukraine) of the bandits, nationalists, neo-Nazis, Chechens who have been committing crime and / or undermining his authority in Russia.
3. The West has demonstrated that it doesn’t in the least mind Putin’s constant (and aggressive) attempts to destabilize Ukraine.
4. As a result of this destabilization, Putin doesn’t have to fear that Ukraine will grow into a strong democratic state.
5. Putin has wiped his ass with both Merkel and Obama and has demonstrated that he is, at this moment, the strongest, most consistent, most highly supported leader on the planet.
Now compare this to the US’s “success” in Iraq. So who is it that should feel humiliated?
It’s high time we stopped feeling sorry for the “poor, humiliated Putin” and wondered why our leaders are allowing some KGB creepazoid from an illiterate, third-world banana republic to make such extreme idiots out of all of us.
6. Putin has used the events in Ukraine to quash all opposition at home and bring his approval ratings to incredible heights.
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// As a result of this destabilization, Putin doesn’t have to fear that Ukraine will grow into a strong democratic state.
What would be the worst consequence of that to Putin? I understand fearing that Russians too would get ideas, but somehow it doesn’t seem likely to me, no matter what happens in Ukraine. People say “he doesn’t want US-leaning state close to Russia,” but even so – what would happen to Russia from that in practice?
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” I understand fearing that Russians too would get ideas, but somehow it doesn’t seem likely to me, no matter what happens in Ukraine.”
– It was going precisely in this direction. Putin kept reiterating his fear of an Orange Revolution happening in Russia (in these very words) and then it did start happening. Russians started coming out into the streets, protesting, Putin was ridiculed everywhere, there was a massive political mobilization by the young people. Putin was not in a good place, and it showed.
He has never concealed his fear of “the Orange scenario.” He knows that as long as Ukraine is right there, showing how things can be different, it will remain a huge temptation.
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// most highly supported leader on the planet
Supported by whom? By his own people, or also by people abroad?
// get rid (by sending them to fight in Ukraine) of the bandits, nationalists, neo-Nazis, Chechens
The goal sounds great in itself. Pitty it’s achieved by killing Ukranian citizens.
A hypothetical question (may be for another post): imagine Putin wakes up wanting most of all to improve lives of his country’s citizens (Russian economy, health care system, etc). Even though he is a strong leader, I get this feeling he wouldn’t be able to do anything real.
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Sorry, “pity,” not “pitty”.
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“Supported by whom? By his own people, or also by people abroad?”
– Both. Nobody in Russia, for instance, is peeing themselves with delight over Obama or Cameron while an army of brain-dead Ian Welshes is gasping with orgasmic delight over Putin.
“The goal sounds great in itself. ”
– Criminals are normally persecuted within a country and punished for their crimes.
“A hypothetical question (may be for another post): imagine Putin wakes up wanting most of all to improve lives of his country’s citizens (Russian economy, health care system, etc). Even though he is a strong leader, I get this feeling he wouldn’t be able to do anything real.”
– He should step down. That would be the best thing he can do.
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http://worldtruth.tv/tens-of-thousands-sign-petition-to-reunite-alaska-with-russia/
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The more I read about what Putin is getting away with, the more I understand why nationalist Russians are so happy with him. He is really getting away with everything and waging a proxy war in Ukraine without any serious repercussions. You gotta admit the man is outsmarting everyone.
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Quelle désastre, this Putin and all.
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“I keep reading endless self-congratulatory articles in the Western media as to how Putin has been humiliated in Ukraine and how he has to count his losses. ”
Ah, the Westerner and his feeble notions regarding the rest of the world. Unreality city.
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