I think Putin's days are numbered right now

[YorkRd]

We should sure not give Putin some face saving mechanism, I might have thought so a long time ago — BEFORE HE FUCKED WITH US — but not anymore. Sure don’t forget what they did in our elections. I think we need to humiliate him. What both Browder and Kasparov are saying is pretty right-on. We don’t react in response — we initiate the thing. Basically — they are saying we do the ultimatum — like — you have X days to withdraw from the Ukrainian border or we will start seizing Putin’s and his buddy’s holdings. Like a vaccine — not an anti-dote. We don’t wait for an attack. He suggests of the 50 families we need to go after, first 5 go down right away — and as it goes on, we keep turning up that heat until they all go down. Sure won’t take long. We do know where those assets are you know.

Putin will sure have no friends when this is done. Just maybe this could destabilize him enough to destroy him.

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[PortTack]

1. Putin isn't gonna go down without making more moves

His latest, he’s banned all exports on ammonium nitrate now until 4/1 and shut down the natural gas pipeline that provides Germany with 47% of their needs.

The federal government knew this was coming.

And, russian propaganda arm created a graphic video of supposed Ukrainians torturing and killing pro Russian ukraine citizens. That was caught b4 it every launched and banned

[YorkRd]

2. Putin is increasingly looking like a cornered rat

[marie999]

4. What do you know about Putin that would make you think that?

[YorkRd]

7. Going to China makes him look weak.

[marie999]

8. No, more than 30 heads of state went to the Olympics.

Putin and Xi talked at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi and Putin told him he would be at the Olympics in China. But while he is there, he and Xi have been talking. Read China Focus: Xi, Putin agree on closer strategic coordination on Big News Network.

[marie999]

3. Diplomacy is not over yet regarding Ukraine.

Push Putin too hard and he will react in a way that is not good for anyone. If you place hard sanctions on Russia before, if it does, attacks Ukraine the only thing NATO can then do is have a war with Russia and Belarus. That is a war that everyone loses.

[DeeNice]

5. What follows? What/who will fill the vacuum?

[roamer65]

6. China.

They would love to have Siberia.

[marie999]

9. They are not going to get it, but Russia is in trade talks with China.