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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is what is puzzling to me. As comforting as it is to believe Putin is just some bumbling idiot who miscalculated something just doesn't add up here and no I don't just buy the explanation he's power mad and wants to revive the USSR. There's more going on than we're being told now. I know it's a different time and situation but I keep thinking about Bush and how we were fed one story about Iraq and we all went along with it because Hussein was a bad guy
Something isn't adding up for me

I have one theory related to Saudi Arabia refusal to increase oil production and commitment to it's agreement with Russia is maybe to further cripple Western economies that are largely still in trouble because of the pandemic. [/quote]

I don't think Putin is a bumbling idiot, but I do think he miscalculated this time.

And why not? What did the world do in 2014 when he invaded Crimea? Nothing. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then and frankly, I'm not sure Putin really gets that everyone figured out his disinformation scheme and we aren't buying it anymore. I think he really thought he could roll out this insane narrative on Ukraine and everyone would just go along with it. I mean, he had his ambassadors all over the world saying this stuff. It was Baghdad Bob level of cringe.

Remember when Putin told Bush 43 (I think it was him) that he could tell the media to lay off of him and Bush had to explain that's not how it works in the US. I truly believe Putin might not really grasp the media atmosphere in the world because he doesn't use or understand it or because the Trump years and Fox acting as Trump's mouthpiece convinced him that he could do the same thing. Putin, like Trump, lives in a really isolated and artificial world. Neither of them like to receive bad news. You've probably got a Stephen Miller type whispering in Putin's ear.

The other side of the equation is that West has united and rallied, surprising even the most optimistic pundit types. And Ukraine is doing better at defending itself than anticipated.[/quote]

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