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Wagner Boss Says He’s En Route to Moscow and ‘Ready to Die’ With 25,000 Fighters (www.thedailybeast.com)

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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.

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[–] graphite 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.