Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.
Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.
We all know how this is gonna end. Prigozhin marches his 25,000 troops into Moscow, faces stiff resistance and is either killed in combat or captured.
Putin then goes full Vlad the Impaler and parades his corpse skewered on a pike for all of Russia to see, as a stark reminder of what happens to rebels.
This is a substantial setback for the Russian war effort, but I really cannot see Prigozhin overthrowing Putin. Best thing he could have done was defect to the West instead of try to depose the figurehead.
He is pissing on a hornet’s nest.
After seeing how much of a coward Putin is I have a hard time seeing him be anything more than an opportunist who takes easy cheap shots. He is out if his league now.
A coward? Lol, idk about that.
It takes real balls to last as long as he has as a dictator. It also takes balls to piss off the entire UN while continuing to double down.
I don’t see this turning out well for him, but if he was really a coward none of this shit would have happened.
Nah, he’s just a dictator who finally bit off more than he could chew.
Yes and no. I think being a dictator like him goes hand in hand with being a coward. For example, repeatedly resorting to war crimes when a war isn’t going your way, pretending to show up in public when there is a chance of assasination (but I guess Putin has plenty of enemies so it makes sense 🤣), poisoning and killing anyone who doesn’t show 100% loyalty to you, jailing your opposition, and even jailing and using excessive force against protestors for simply appearing upset.
The situation with Prigozhin could even demostrate his cowardice (assuming it isn’t just a tactic to move wagner closer to Kviv) considering how bizarre it was. Either he caved to Prigozhin or it was fake.
At this point I am curious how this ends for him and Russia, but I am sure it won’t end well.
You sure his reasoning for performing those war crimes is because the war wasn’t going his way? I could see him performing them regardless of the outcome - it aligns with his ruthless behavior.
I still wouldn’t it cowardly though.
Of course he does: he’s a ruthless dictator. What do you expect? The dynamic has always been the same for people like that; Stalin, Hitler and Sadam each dealt with the same problems.
If you’re a dictator, a lack of 100% loyalty implies you’re dealing with someone who would try and kill you if given the chance.
In the dictator’s regime, this isn’t cowardice; it’s survival.
Again, he’s a dictator and a fascist. There’s nothing out of the ordinary here for someone who chooses to play that role.
Well, yeah. The entire world is against what he’s doing.
Putin is just a dictator. You can’t survive as a dictator without doing all of these things that you’re associating with cowardice.
But that’s the thing: we’re talking about someone who would laugh if he was called a coward. He doesn’t care what you think.
But if you want to pretend that you’re a part of a country that holds a moral high ground above Russia’s dealings, you have that right in a non dictatorship.
The US government has been involved in and supported some of the most haneous shit you can imagine.
Yes, Putin is a scumbag. If you’re going to criticize someone, though, you should do it in a way that actually makes sense.
Otherwise, you’re just a part of the media mob circlejerk.