Putin's Swan Song?

[Althea]

We were all speculating about how it would end for Putin. Especially if he attempts to order a nuclear attack at any level. We believed that one of his generals would eventually put a bullet in Putin's bloated head.

Well, that day might be near. Of course, in trump like fashion, Putin is typically hiding in some bunker. But this former speech writer for Putin seems to believe that the end might very well be near for Lil' Vlad.

A former Kremlin aide is warning that as Moscow blindly pursues its bloody conquest in Ukraine, the situation at home is quietly heading towards a military coup.
Abbas Gallyamov, Vladimir Putin’s former speechwriter, says the conditions are already there for a full revolt.
“The longer the war drags on, the clearer its pointlessness becomes,” Gallyamov writes in a new column for opposition media outlet Mozhem Obyasnit.
The Russian public has largely begun to realize that the Kremlin’s dream of toppling the Kyiv “regime” is not going to happen, Gallyamov notes, and the consolation prize of new “Russian” territories is not winning anybody over.
Discord is also growing in the military, he argues, where “[Wagner boss Yevgeny] Prigozhin has completely discredited the regime in the eyes of service members with his rhetoric, and anger at the authorities allowing a criminal to walk all over them is growing stronger.”

[LV426]

We were all speculating about how it would end for Putin. Especially if he attempts to order a nuclear attack at any level. We believed that one of his generals would eventually put a bullet in Putin's bloated head.

I heard he has an advanced case of Parkinson's and that's why he hasn't made very many public appearances in the last couple years.

[Althea]

I heard he has an advanced case of Parkinson's and that's why he hasn't made very many public appearances in the last couple years.

Well...there's a lot of speculation. I was reading about the treatment for his thyroid cancer made him more aggressive just before he invaded Ukraine.

I do remember seeing those videos of him clinging to his desk with a shaky hand last year.

[archives]

Would hope so, but doubtful, Putin is in as a war of attrition, he’s an autocrat, so public pressure isn’t going to change his mind, and Russia has the resources to continue as long as he wants

Wars aren’t won by battles, or campaigns, but rather who can outlast the other, and Putin knows the Ukraine is supplied by the Western democracies. As de Tocqueville pointed out nearly two centuries ago, democracies don’t support prolonged wars, and you are already seeing complaints on the right here it is costing too much. Putin will wait it out

Hope I am wrong, but don’t see Ukraine victory in the end

[Althea]

Would hope so, but doubtful, Putin is in as a war of attrition, he’s an autocrat, so public pressure isn’t going to change his mind, and Russia has the resources to continue as long as he wants

Wars aren’t won by battles, or campaigns, but rather who can outlast the other, and Putin knows the Ukraine is supplied by the Western democracies. As de Tocqueville pointed out nearly two centuries ago, democracies don’t support prolonged wars, and you are already seeing complaints on the right here it is costing too much. Putin will wait it out

Hope I am wrong, but don’t see Ukraine victory in the end

I believe the issue isn't whether or not Putin can afford to continue his war crimes.

It's about his military becoming inpatient with same.

[Geeko Sportivo]

What’s Putin’s biggest accomplishment?

He has succeeded in turning the Russian army (self-proclaimed second best army in the world) into… the second best army in Ukraine.

[Geeko Sportivo]

[evince]

Would hope so, but doubtful, Putin is in as a war of attrition, he’s an autocrat, so public pressure isn’t going to change his mind, and Russia has the resources to continue as long as he wants

Wars aren’t won by battles, or campaigns, but rather who can outlast the other, and Putin knows the Ukraine is supplied by the Western democracies. As de Tocqueville pointed out nearly two centuries ago, democracies don’t support prolonged wars, and you are already seeing complaints on the right here it is costing too much. Putin will wait it out

Hope I am wrong, but don’t see Ukraine victory in the end

The right was supporting Putin in the begining


We will stand strong against Putin


Just like we did in WWII

[Hawkeye10]

Putin's Swan Song?

Understanding that we get lied to constantly now there is some reason to think that he is near death..Cancer.....so maybe.

[Hawkeye10]

What I dont hear about is succession....If this has been worked out. There is a pretty good likelihood that whom ever is next will be even more dangerous for the West than Putin, and more firmly in the grasp of China.