Wagner Boss Says He’s ‘Ready to Die’ With 25,000 Fighters
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Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.

Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.

  • graphite@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For example, repeatedly resorting to war crimes when a war isn’t going your way, pretending to show up in public when there is a chance of assasination (but I guess Putin has plenty of enemies so it makes sense 🤣),

    You sure his reasoning for performing those war crimes is because the war wasn’t going his way? I could see him performing them regardless of the outcome - it aligns with his ruthless behavior.

    I still wouldn’t it cowardly though.

    pretending to show up in public when there is a chance of assasination (but I guess Putin has plenty of enemies so it makes sense 🤣),

    Of course he does: he’s a ruthless dictator. What do you expect? The dynamic has always been the same for people like that; Stalin, Hitler and Sadam each dealt with the same problems.

    poisoning and killing anyone who doesn’t show 100% loyalty to you

    If you’re a dictator, a lack of 100% loyalty implies you’re dealing with someone who would try and kill you if given the chance.

    In the dictator’s regime, this isn’t cowardice; it’s survival.

    and even jailing and using excessive force against protestors for simply appearing upset.

    Again, he’s a dictator and a fascist. There’s nothing out of the ordinary here for someone who chooses to play that role.

    At this point I am curious how this ends for him and Russia, but I am sure it won’t end well.

    Well, yeah. The entire world is against what he’s doing.

    Putin is just a dictator. You can’t survive as a dictator without doing all of these things that you’re associating with cowardice.

    But that’s the thing: we’re talking about someone who would laugh if he was called a coward. He doesn’t care what you think.

    But if you want to pretend that you’re a part of a country that holds a moral high ground above Russia’s dealings, you have that right in a non dictatorship.

    The US government has been involved in and supported some of the most haneous shit you can imagine.

    Yes, Putin is a scumbag. If you’re going to criticize someone, though, you should do it in a way that actually makes sense.

    Otherwise, you’re just a part of the media mob circlejerk.