The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.There's a bit of whataboutery in that question. It's pure speculation that he might ever want to go for e.g. Poland. And to anyone chiming in about his alleged "vision" for a rekindled grand USSR, assuming that is even true, then that may be an aspiration but it does not mean he is hell bent on it, nor that his views and actions might not be moderated by events.
Hard to imagine that the Ukraine situation is going remotely as he planned. And if taking Ukraine is met with this level of resistance and the enormous international reaction, the impact upon his economy, then you can times that by 10x if he went for Poland. He'd be mad to try this again.
If the hugely admirable resistance put up by the Ukrainians, and the significant arms we have provided, and the vast range of sanctions, are to have had any benefit, then IMO it is not that we will have prevented his successful taking of Ukraine. It is that he will think "Fuck, I am not doing THAT again".
Honestly I don't think anyone knows what he'll want. The old saying power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely etc. After however many years in power now, he is SO out of touch with reality and so far up his own arse, I don't really think anyone has a clue. He seems to more interested in Putin than in anything else.He's 69 years old so who's being primed to take over from him ? He seems quite fit for his age tbh but I'm sure he'll want someone of similar opinions and vision
We’re doing what we can, well our leaders are.The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.
We didn't bother when he installed a puppet government in Belarus. We didn't do anything about Chechnya. So when will do we do something ?
Whilst the West's response is impressive, we should now focus on letting the Russian people know our fight is with their knobhead president, not them, and that as quickly as sanctions have been imposed, they can be removed, if they remove him.
We are doing something. We are doing a heck of a lot actually, everything short of action which would run a very real risk of nuclear war. Seems to me that's about as far as anyone sensible would ever want to push it.The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.
We didn't bother when he installed a puppet government in Belarus. We didn't do anything about Chechnya. So when will do we do something ?
Playing devil's advocate. Why should we act as world police? There's conflicts going on all over the world where innocent people die, we don't get involved in those. Why do we need to get involved in this?The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.
We didn't bother when he installed a puppet government in Belarus. We didn't do anything about Chechnya. So when will do we do something ?
Heard the other day that his only wealth was an apartment in Moscow......A lot of Putin’s money will be untouched. Some of it may well be in gold bullion, precious stones etc and the value might go up.
No doubt there has been some unacceptable discrimination but most of the report I’ve seen has been about international students not understanding that children and their mothers go first.
No, it isn't complete bollocks at all. As any investor will tell you past results are not a reliable indicator of future performance. He's never experienced a fuck up like this before. He'd 69 years old FFS. And you think he's so stupid as to completely ignore events? You'd risk nuclear war over a future threat which may not even exist. That's complete bollocks.
LolHeard the other day that his only wealth was an apartment in Moscow......
Heard the other day that his only wealth was an apartment in Moscow......
Carol Vordeman tells me not.He doesn’t have bad skin for 69. Do you think he’s had “work”?
The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.
We didn't bother when he installed a puppet government in Belarus. We didn't do anything about Chechnya. So when will do we do something ?
The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.
We didn't bother when he installed a puppet government in Belarus. We didn't do anything about Chechnya. So when will do we do something ?
The main point I was making is he stormed into Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The west did nothing. Now he's going for the rest of it.
We didn't bother when he installed a puppet government in Belarus. We didn't do anything about Chechnya. So when will do we do something ?
Carol Vordeman tells me not.