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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLike hitler, putin's a madman. He failed with trump, and has nothing to lose.
He won't be stopped until someone puts a bullet through his head.
I believe he will use nuclear weapons.
Look at trump. He was trained by putin. trump constantly broke laws and rules to get what he wantedand after 4 years, still hasn't been punished for anything he did.
I'd hate to be negative, but putin is going to destroy and then march into Ukraine, and then begin spreading out furtherusing nuclear weapons as a threat.
cilla4progress
(24,589 posts)Fiona Hill says we are already in WWIII.
It was inevitable given the arsenals.
I want my kid home with me.
C Moon
(12,188 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)Biden and intelligence know that, but wont tip putin. The western alliance is planning for all scenarios, I have not doubt. There is no way out of Ukraine for him, no way to save economy. But he may think there is one way to fundamentally change the entire world even at a risk of destroying the planet.
Jspur
(578 posts)after Trump won the election. I remember you saying he was trying to destroy American democracy and take down Europe in the process. It seems like he's failed now at least temporarily with Trump losing in 2020. Do you think this rubbed Putin the wrong way in the sense that he felt his long-term plans had been thwarted by Trump losing and him acting this way is now an act of desperation to keep power?
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)I recommend reading this interview with Fiona Hill. Its the best analysis of putin Ive read in years: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340
putin was going to invade Ukraine, no matter what. But if trump was reelected, there would be no unity among US, EU and NATO alliances.
He might be getting desperate because hes lost alliances that hes been building for years - Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, etc. Even right wing collations in Europe and US that hes been funding for a long time seem to be turning away from putin.
What does that mean? This means that even after war with Ukraine - which is to break down and weaken the country, he will feel humiliated at the world stage as it wont change the world order. This now brings us directly to use of nuclear weapon as the only way to finally reshape the world even at a risk of destruction.
Finally, I want to mention that putin is daring NATO to intervene directly. I have no doubt about that. This will give him justification to start reshaping the world right away.