Putin in 2022 vs. 2024: live

[myata]

Two years back, before unleashing his criminal aggression Putin set ultimatums not to Ukraine but to the West and NATO. One of them was to roll back the expansion of NATO and give in to various demands of Russia (Putin's ultimatum to NATO, 2021)

Two years on, and what a difference.

- He swallowed without even noticing the ascension of two new members, yes: eastward f-cker, and the extension of the border with NATO by whopping 1,300 km.

- He assures West that Russia has no intent to attack it (just as he did in early 2022 - for what's his word is worth).

- He asks West only to lift the sanctions that he didn't even have before his invasion. The latest round by the way, sent Russia forex market scrambling headless chicken, could that be the cause for the rush?

What a difference: visual and palpable. Vlad, the all-powerful macho dictator turned but a victim, offended and abused, poor thing. And the proof that the only language brutal thugs understand is when their a-ses are kicked hard and sore. Needs just a little more persuasion before they begin talking about the conditions of their exit.

Sore losers and suckers for brutal thuggery do notice. This is the reality and how it works: unlike your useless babbling that stinks.

Edited June 14, 2024 by myata

[August1991]

Only two years back? Russia invaded Crimea in 2014. Surely you mean 10 years back.

But according to many Americans, they lost in Vietnam in 1975 - but Reagan defeated the Soviets in 1989.

Americans are bad at math but can put a man n the moon. Go figure.

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We are in 2024. I reckon that we need a new way to get along.

 

[August1991]

Myata,

I have wondered about the origin of the European Wars between 1914-1945.

I went back and looked at the Thirty Years War- 1618-1648.

Or the Napoleonic Wars, 1789-1815. How did they start?

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Churchill had a theory about religion/nationalism.

Thatcher's theory was that the British always sided with the minority continentals.