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No, we was disliked and distrusted. If you don't think invading another sovereign nation ups that ante, I don't really know what else to say. And your distrust of all media is your call, but it's not reality. There is incredibly good reporting going on right now but a ton of folks.
I don't think he planned on becoming a worldwide pariah. I don't think he planned on the resistance he has encountered or the 10,000 combat deaths he has incurred. I don't think he thought it would take this long, because if he did, his troops wouldn't be out of supply, constantly. I don't think...
Then you're not paying attention. OF COURSE Putin isn't on TV "hollering for assistance," as he STARTED this thing - and doing so would show weakness and prove his plan has not gone well, two things a despot cannot afford. The longer it goes, the worse it is for him, and it has already gone far...
I agree that Paris is a good hire -- but Martin's players love him -- his public persona is nothing like what he and his players share behind closed doors. I also think Paris' record is being taken out of context - he inherited the youngest team in the nation when he started. They struggled for...
I think Putin has made a small number of Russians wealthy and powerful - the country itself, as a whole, is anything but. I think direct intervention (troops of any kind) in this affair is a mistake. Expand NATO to Sweden and Finland, offer all aid and assistance short of troops we can give to...
That is what I keep trying to understand ... unless he just expected the world to not care, this is a lose/lose for him regardless of what happens there?
Slowly getting out onto the mountain more as the deluge ceases and we get a little warmer and drier - 40s is workable but below that I am just too old! First major crash of the new year yesterday, but no major damage.
There has always been an underlying note about Russian troops in the second half of the 20th century onwards that they were poorly trained, poorly led by an abysmal junior officer cadre (although strong noncoms) and that most were filling out their service requirement as quickly as they could. I...