Just you try it Mr putin you'll have a nine inch bayonet shoved halfway up your arse as they say they don't like it up em sir
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Carlo Masala isn't just really smart—he's also pretty cool. 💪

The problem with Russia is that the Russian military and political elites feel that Russia is nothing unless it can bully and make the lives of citizens in neighbouring countries miserable in order to bring these countries under its "sphere of influence".

Putin is no more than a vandal. Easy to attack the helpless. However, this time his intended victim had other ideas, and was willing to stand up to him. Considering how long these 3 days have been, now he's going to crush Nato? Can't wait.

Nah
He will use insurgents to mobilize ethnic violence and destruction. This is his Trumpcard the one thing our govs cant defend against.

They will sit idle by and and call it "mostly peaceful" while everything burns to the ground

This is the most credible scenario to explain russia I've heard in a long time!
Amazing video!

Putin did not force himself on the people; the people built a society that wanted and created a leader like him.

It is a total lie to say ordinary citizens do not see what their government is doing. They know exactly what happened in the past, what is happening now, and where things are heading. After twenty years of complete government control, blocked news, massive corruption, foreign wars, and taking over land, saying "we didn't know" is no longer an excuse.

The idea that everyday people are clueless about how they are ruled is a myth. They understand perfectly well what is going on, from past military actions to current laws and goals to take over more land. After two decades of a powerful central government, strict media rules, and fights over borders, playing dumb just does not work anymore.

Putin did not create modern Russia or Russians — Russia and Russians created Putin.

Stop pretending Russians do not know who and what Putin is. They know EXACTLY who he is. They know what he has done, what he is doing, and what he is capable of. After nearly 20 years of Putinism, censorship, corruption, assassinations, wars, lies, repression, and imperial aggression, nobody in Russia can honestly claim ignorance anymore.

And when Putin could not legally run in 2008, Russians had a choice. They could have rejected the system and moved toward democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. Instead, they voted for Putin’s puppet, Dmitry Medvedev, because keeping Putinism alive mattered more to them than freedom ever did. They had alternatives such as Boris Nemtsov, but they rejected that path.

So enough with the excuses.

The Russian population has spent decades cheering for strongman authoritarianism, imperial fantasies, militarism, and nationalist propaganda while convincing themselves they were victims of the West. They supported the regime when it crushed opposition, invaded neighbors, poisoned dissidents, silenced journalists, and glorified Soviet-style power politics.

At some point responsibility matters.

If people repeatedly support, defend, normalize, and vote for a regime, then they also share responsibility for what that regime does in their name. You cannot endlessly scream “Putin’s war” while millions enabled, tolerated, excused, or openly supported the system that made that war possible.

Carlo Masal is correct - this is not Putin's war, its Russia's war.  Putin's optimal switch is to resign once he declares victory and then put in a successor that continuous his policy of expansion but presents a non-threatening front to the West, return to business as usual, then gradually return to further expansion under false flag operations.

He tried a small invasion 4 years ago, with 1.5 million orcs dead or injured.

I would imagine that a very small incursion triggering article five would immediately result in massive retaliation by all NATO countries.  Putin may think it wouldn’t happen but NATO has had ample time to prepare a response if and when required.
I also believe that if the Republicans lose the mid terms, Putin will be more wary of his actions when his top agent in the US is no longer in power.

the post-WW2 contract between the USA and Europe has been about protection from the USA in exchange for American businesses in Europe sending back their profits to the homeland. for some decades after WW2 Europe was also the low-cost high-quality production centre (now Asia) for the American consumer - a major factor in the very high standard of living Americans enjoyed during that period. Trump wants the profits without providing the protection. this is not good for NATO.
regarding ethnic Russians in NATO countries, the Russian protection argument can be delt with very simply. if you are a dual national of Russia and a NATO country you should choose one or the other, no dual citizenship, choose the country of your love and allegiance. if you only have single citizenship of a NATO country but want to be Russian, move to Russia. the same should apply the other way aswell.

Use Ukraine as a proxy and give them fettered access to their weapons systems.  Western Europe supply EVERYTHING they need to finish off Putin Zelensky knows how to do it

Putin thought he was a badass but turned out to be a comedian.
Zelensky thought he was a comedian but turned out to be a badass 👍✊️✊️✊️

Putin wants Ukraine, no doubt about that. So he can control all the Black Sea. NATO would be stupid to let that happen.

Isn't a military reaction precisely what he expects? So he gets the political pretext for mobilization?

Feels like we have been through this before. As if there might be some history to learn from. How about we don't wait to long this time.

War is war simple nothing hybrid about it !!!

The man in the Kremlin knows that NATO is just a defensive alliance of democratic countries whose members are steadfast in their commitment to keep their people safe, defend their territory and safeguard their shared values. But the man in the Kremlin knows also that these shared values of the NATO countries are not autocracy and dictatorship and that is precisely his problem and fear. It’s not Russia against NATO, it’s Russia against democracy. And democracy near the border of Russia is the greatest fear of the man in the Kremlin. We are dealing here with a system clash, democracy against dictatorship, good against evil.

Anyway. The Agressor Russia will loose and pay reparations. Putin stole more than enough money to restore Ukraine. 😊perfekt

Isn't national a defence if organisations