US officials say this 'revealing moment' hints at morale problems in Russia's military (CNN)

[ItsjustMe]

A rare face-to-face meeting between Russian and US military officials last week led to an "outburst" of emotion from a normally stoic Russian general, a "revealing moment" that the Americans present believe hinted at larger morale problems in Russia's military, according to a closely held US military readout of what transpired.

[Lovie777]

1. The Russian General and his family needs to vacate ASAP . ....

from Russia to an un-specified location.

[femmedem]

3. +1

IMO this should not have been made public. Doing so endangered his life and made it less likely that he could be part of a successful internal resistance.

[thucythucy]

4. I imagine the decision to do this was carefully vetted.

The fact that a disclosure like this is so unusual hopefully means this was a highly calculated move.

It may in fact make him and his associates more likely to be receptive to some sort of internal resistance. If this report is true, and the result is that it puts a target on his back, this may motivate him and others around him to consider their options.

A major motivation of the July 20 conspirators to move against Hitler was that they knew that Gestapo and Nazi counterintelligence was moving against them and arrests were already underway. It was literally a case of do or die--sadly they mostly died anyway.

[femmedem]

5. Thanks. I hope you are correct. n/t

[vlyons]

2. I'll bet more than a few would liketo put a bullet in Putin's brain

nt