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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsso what face saving behavior will get putin out of this jam and end the invasion?
fill in the cliches, cornered animal, wounded animal etc but now that he is in how he can back track and what should ukraine demand of him and get from him. the bunker scenario is fun but highly unlikely
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so what face saving behavior will get putin out of this jam and end the invasion? (Original Post)
msongs
Mar 2022
OP
I'm afraid too much damage has been done.And how do they negotiate with this lying psychopath
Walleye
Mar 2022
#1
If Putin has smart advisors, they will urge him to get out..If Putin accepts the advice, Putin
Stuart G
Mar 2022
#5
Walleye
(30,987 posts)1. I'm afraid too much damage has been done.And how do they negotiate with this lying psychopath
BannonsLiver
(16,322 posts)2. WTF?
msongs
(67,371 posts)6. to me total nuclear war is not an option so other ways must be explored nt
lapfog_1
(29,194 posts)3. I don't see any without Ukraine losing up to 1/2 of it's territory
and even that is unlikely to be acceptable to Putin.
Not to mention.. you can't appease a dictator... we have been there before.
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Stuart G
(38,414 posts)5. If Putin has smart advisors, they will urge him to get out..If Putin accepts the advice, Putin
will find a way.to get out. And he will do so with no consequences. And the world will be grateful that he
got out early.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,767 posts)7. Seppuku
seppuku
[ˈsepo͞oˌko͞o, səˈpo͞oˌko͞o]
NOUN
another term for hara-kiri.
JHB
(37,157 posts)8. A better question is will the "face saving behavior" be one that gets Putin out of this jam...
...or one that gets Russia out of this jam by ousting Vlad and blaming everything on him.
msongs
(67,371 posts)10. that's a good method nt
Martin68
(22,768 posts)9. I say, give Putin 40 acres and a mule.