Big Sams Undies
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Putins bitch in Chechnya send his top boys in and they get absolutely mullered as soon as they step into Ukraine.
Fantastic if true.
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Putins bitch in Chechnya send his top boys in and they get absolutely mullered as soon as they step into Ukraine.
Fantastic if true.
FrenchDarrenBent
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Are these Chechen forces even real?
Friday they were excercising on a Chechen courtyard ready to be deployed.
Then they were driving an ambulance last night in the centr of Kiev.
Now they're all dead after a drone strike.
Otherwise he seems content to blow us all to hell, today or tomorrow, whatever the people he rules may ask for or believe
I agree and in one sense Putin shouldn't be allowed a victory, regardless of how hollow, because it will only embolden him in the future for more gains.
But on the other hand, there'll be the train of thought like @tsubaki has mentioned where we should listen and negotiate if we're to de-escalate the situation.
I'm not saying the latter is correct, however it will be on the card for some in the west although perhaps not for Ukraine and Zelenskyy, understandably so.
To some extent, it's a double-edged sword. But, that's the nature of diplomacy as @Martin Alvito has alluded to in the past. I think most of us want Russia out.
On another note, I was showing my ol' man a picture of the Russian general and Putin and he quipped, "Do we want them to be pro-Russian or not?"
I hadn't thought about it that - a bit like von Stauffenberg and the plotters - because pro-Russia is not pro-Putin. They may see getting rid of Putin as sensible.
That means they can either finish the war by pulling out, which is great for us, or actually fighting the war properly to win.
If there is a God, he will have a stroke or a heart attck.
Watch The Death of Stalin tonight
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BainesontoastNEW
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What's the deal with the ridiculously long tables? I mean, how can you have a diplomatic conversation from this distance?
Paranoia from being close to people?
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I think Zelenskyy could cough up Donbas (most likely in the form of an 'independent' state) in return for reparations without setting up another war. The international system would be much better prepared to deter Round 2 from breaking out than it was this time.
If Putin's armed forces get bogged down, he'd probably be amenable. A lot depends on what happens in the next few days. I think that the exact situation that has to obtain for this deal to happen is this: Kharkiv falls, Kiev is teetering but stable, and Putin's situation at home gets somewhat chaotic.
Without all of those pieces, it seems likely that one side or the other holds out for a better deal, and the fighting continues. There's also the problem of getting the US, UK and EU to pull the sanctions, which would have to be part of any deal.
To be incredibly cynical about it, I can see Washington, London and Brussels calculating that they'd prefer to see someone else's soldiers die in order to further their long-term objective of bringing down Putin. As an example, the President of the United States takes an oath to defend the Constituion, not Ukrainian citizens.
Paranoid. Only hugged Bolsanaro after loads of covid tests. I hope everyone around him spits on his food and in everything he drinks. Let Covid-19 be the end of him
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Putin doesn’t do diplomatic conversations
Big Sams Undies
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You don’t… You get your orders barked at you from the dog that’s seated itself at the head of the table
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