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Hugo Stiglitz

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  1. Wish more of Europe would jump at the chance to kill some Putin foot soldiers.
  2. I despise him but he’s not wrong sometimes.
  3. Putin uses some Ukraine MPs he’s paid off to sign some phony surrender documents and installs a puppet government, possibly through a sham election. Ukraine will continue to fight with an insurgency force for the foreseeable future until the usurpers are vanquished.
  4. An argument could be made that if Hillary won in 2016, Ukraine would have been a NATO member by now. It’s not a strong argument but it does highlight the importance of Trump’s victory for Putin. And regarding our elections, I honestly don’t think Putin plans shit out that methodically in advance...he pokes, exploits weaknesses, and seizes opportunities as the arise.
  5. I don’t know, seems like he was going down this path regardless because, unlike Belarus, he couldn’t subvert Ukraine through non-military means. Another question is would Putin have attempted this if Hillary was President for the last five years? Would she have done more for Ukrainian defense than Trump in the lead up? Would it have mattered? We will never know but it’s safe to say Trump did Ukraine few if any favors.
  6. Seems like Putin’s original plan for Ukraine fell apart in 2014 when the people of Ukraine rose up and kicked out their Kremlin puppet (now lives in Russia). He may have wanted to see how Trump would play out in America before moving towards a full scale invasion of Ukraine.
  7. Splitting hairs here but I believe Russian Empire is more accurate than Soviet Union. Putin isn’t looking to form a coalition of states based on a shared ideology (like communism). He’s looking to dominate, exploit, and expand.
  8. But it mostly ended Mussolini in Italy... (until Hitler rescued him from prison) ETA: it is a bad comparison overall but it is in line with the hubristic thinking of Putin that he can just roll over Ukraine without serious consequences/loses.
  9. Hopefully it goes as well as Ethiopia went for Mussolini.
  10. Can’t help but wonder what Paul Manafort is up to these days.
  11. Yeah, no one is going to give up their nukes after this.
  12. Goes back to the Obama years and Putin being perceived as a global white supremacist leader.
  13. Obviously this is unconfirmed stuff but I’ve been following this thread/account for footage/updates.
  14. Full embargo should be on the table.
  15. Here’s to hoping Putin finds a high window to fall out of today.
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