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2022-02-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The paranoid 'old man in the bunker': Isolated Putin spends time 'stewing in his own fears' after 'withdrawing into himself' during pandemic and only has contact with his inner circle

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-27 09:28|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Well, if he has lockdown fever, it might explain his willingness to, at least ,threaten nuclear war...

Posted by Mercutio 2022-02-27 10:28|| 2022-02-27 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 We've seen this movie.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-27 10:30|| 2022-02-27 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Recommend some R&R at Eagle's Nest with his gymnast girlfriend.

Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-27 10:34|| 2022-02-27 10:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I still think Putin is a very smart guy but if his invasion forces continue to be frustrated I have to wonder if he has enough domestic support to stay the course. Every day the Ukrainians hold out and Zelensky mocks him it will get worse.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-02-27 11:04|| 2022-02-27 11:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Z agreed to peace talks in Belarus - said he wouldn't, now he's giving up
P will bomb the shit out of UA the way the US bombed the shot out of Cambodia during the Paris Peace Talks

If Z is smart he'll agree to partition UA and let RU have the east and South, that's all RU wants anyway, this will be over real soon

Posted by Clemble Protector of the Munchkins5909 2022-02-27 11:08|| 2022-02-27 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 This cast is for the wrong player. It is Biden in the bunker. Putin will stay the course. He has much to gain but everything to lose.

Posted by Dale 2022-02-27 11:14|| 2022-02-27 11:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Putin is reaching for the gold ring. He is no western politician. No meaningful help from the west. Ukraine will fold in short order. Ukraine is already asking for ammunition.

Posted by Dale 2022-02-27 11:18|| 2022-02-27 11:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Pooty hasn't even begun to fight
He has 100 times the firepower he's used so far
Zelensky should cash in his chips while he still has a city else Kiev will look like Grozny did in 2000 (and that was before Pooty arrived)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999–2000)

Posted by Winky Glaitch6841 2022-02-27 11:19|| 2022-02-27 11:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Gonna be a public relations nightmare.

Posted by Jatle Sinatra9653 2022-02-27 11:39|| 2022-02-27 11:39|| Front Page Top

#10 I dunno about the fire power. Logistics a are breaking down allegedly. And the Russisns haven't achieved air superiority.

Posted by Percy Flotle3938 2022-02-27 12:42|| 2022-02-27 12:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Putin being EX-KGB Lt Colonel Spy that resigned and went straight into politics in 1991. Is a dyed Deep USSR RED Communist. He is likely to try anything, including 1960's DEFCON 1 resulting scenario actions.

Whatever the case, it is clear Biden and his handlers overplayed their game of Saber Rattling.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-02-27 17:56|| 2022-02-27 17:56|| Front Page Top

#12 He hasn't even begun to unleash the fire and fury available to him. So stupid not to sign a treaty.. all this could have been avoided.

Now he's threatening nuclear war and no one even knows who the hell is in charge of your nation.

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