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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:01 PM Mar 2022

'This is not going well for him on the battlefield': Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin on Vladimir Putin

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Don Lemon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shares his assessment of the Russian military, saying the Russians have not progressed as quickly as Putin would have liked them to.

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Srkdqltr

(6,276 posts)
1. Im not a war person but the talking heads keep saying this is not going well for Putin but, does
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:14 PM
Mar 2022

does Putin know this? Seems like he keeps going and going. There is a disconnect someplace.

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
3. IMO, Putin will never grasp the reality of what is going on, and he has no conscience, as a
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:19 PM
Mar 2022

sociopathic bully. He is on a Stalin mission, his hero and mentor. He will keep going and going and likely already planning in his head at least his next target to reclaim the USSR under his watch.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
4. Putin knows this is going badly, that's why he is firing people.
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 04:28 PM
Mar 2022

What he likely is incapable of realizing is that the problem is Putin himself, not the people he fired.

Putin knows he has been declared a war criminal.




RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
5. Yes, Your sentence is what I was trying to say, you said it better!
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 05:14 PM
Mar 2022

"What he likely is incapable of realizing is that the problem is Putin himself, not the people he fired."

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