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Putin is just an old school Geopolitican, unremarkable in the 19th or first half of the 20th in any Country.

But very remarkable and infamous today for not giving service to the Washington Consensus/International Law theory bullshit that is now the Norm.

In any case, as mentioned long ago, Mearsheimer predicted all of this to the last jot and tittle a decade ago.

socal2 says

What has Russia "won" in the past year other than needless death and destruction?

socal2 says

What has Russia "won" in the past year other than needless death and destruction?

Not exactly sure who the "Kasparian mafia" is but according to this video Russia is exterminating them in Ukraine.

Booger says

Still waiting for the alleged offensive.

Now the rumor is that Ukraine will try to capture the huge stockpile of Soviet Era ammo on Transnistria.

They said winter offensive, they didn’t say what year. Those sneaky Russians we’re speculating about 2043.

FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

They said winter offensive, they didn’t say what year. Those sneaky Russians we’re speculating about 2043.

Did the RUSSIANS say this or did US "news" or some lying US politician or Intelligence asset say this?

Makes a big difference, because the Smith-Mundt Act is no more.

richwicks says

Ted Kaczynski I know how similar feelings, but it was in regard to technology and how it WOULD be abused. He has an IQ of 160 it's said, he's really brilliant, he was a victim of MKUltra (I wasn't, AFAIK) and he just dropped out of society after a point,

WRONG. Ted Kacynski was just another psycho killer, no different than any other serial murderer. If he had "brains" and wanted to make a change, he would have targeted corporate leaders and politicians that were putting in place the policies he considered evil. Creating booby traps that killed random folks who happened to stumble across those traps is just another trait of a coward that likes to kill.

So, today was the Equinox which means the whatever is going on the winter offensive is over. Any notable achievements? I can't recollect any, but I could be wrong.

Eric Holder says

Any notable achievements?

Russia squandered huge amounts of manpower.

cisTits says

Booger says

Russia squandered huge amounts of manpower.

It's the Ukeys who did that. On the Russian side, Wagner Group and convicts have done most of the dying, not Russian Army regulars.

Link? Either way, this Russian military juggernaut can barely even control a sliver of a state the size of Texas. Congrats Russia! lol.

This whole thing is hysterical at this point. A bunch of morons fighting over something that was easily negotiable without the loss of life. They're all drunk idiots.

WookieMan says

A bunch of morons fighting over something that was easily negotiable

I see it as the US refusing to negotiate, and instead saying "Let's make Ukraine and Russia fight."