Posted on 03/01/2022 1:03:21 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The mad hatter theme is now becoming conventional wisdom among some of the foreign policy elite and media.
Spurred on by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who said the Russian president was "erratic" and increasingly "delusional, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who called Russia’s leader "unhinged," many in the foreign policy establishment have embraced the notion that only a mad man would put his nation’s nuclear forces on alert after invading a neighboring state, claiming self-defense.
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For many years the CCP chided America as “a paper tiger.” It was a clever line then, but no one dared risk testing the claim outright.
Putin heard it, internalized it, waited and schemed. Odd on he figures the stars favor him now. The CCP is cheering him on.
Clapper should have been jailed for treason 2 years ago.
He lied to Congress about spying on Trump, promoted the fake Russia Dossier, helping to bridge Hillary’s fake narrative into an FBI investigation, tried to have Adm. Mike Rodgers fired for shutting down illegal Democrat “contractor” access to NSA spy tools.
Putin may be an enemy 5000 miles away - this guy is an enemy at home.
Not sure why the propaganda to make it seem like this is something new.
When some in the media recently reported that putin is a mad man I asked myself why all of a sudden. Are they suddenly saying this because president trump said putin was smart? I think condi answered my question.
Ask the CIA, they control the news narrative in our country.
Hard to be more wrong in intel than Judith Miller. She’s the go to when it comes pimping propaganda in a paper. Her yellow material for the Iraq war was legendary.
He’s a ruthless thug. It’s a requirement for the job.
Nope… not crazy, just diabolical… and a war criminal.
The reason we have to think he’s crazy is because of the alternative, which is that he’s sees a golden opportunity handed to him by the West and that he has significant support both in his government and with his public.
Gee, sure glad we don’t have a leader like that in this country! Ours is alert, sharp and physically fit! 🙄 /sarc
For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened?
Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/
He’s taking advantage of a weak Biden.
But, he miscalculated badly on Ukraine resolve.
Russian military credibility ruined forever...the real Paper Tiger.
They have no supply lines in the cities. If they go in it is going to be a horrible fiery death for many Russian APC and tanker crew. Running out of gas deep inside a city will not end well.
We’ve been hearing for 5 days that civilians were taking up arms and fighting back. I guess that was BS too.
Judith Miller.
Stupid is a compliment.
Dreadfully still stuck 1983 consistent. The world just needs an excuse to split up his oil reserves locking out the russian oligarchy.
I support what Finland and Poland wants to do, it is the problem on their doorstep that they have to find a way forward with first. Both are new to having a say, lets hear them out.
Ukraine turned out to be a epic bad move, just as Russia was locking up all of the EU as the best customers ever. Does London and DC, NYC, Berlin and Paris have some counter goals, absolutely and certainly.
The people without a stake other than needing to live to the end of week, want Russia to be able to sell oil to whomever wants it and for them to cool it with the superpower bullshit. All the energy debate is capitalism a long way before world politics and a wish for security. Wish for security is what governments are here for, leave the capitalism for publicly and privately held enterprises.
Apparently not; otherwise Putin’s hordes would’ve rolled it all up by now.
It seems like either the West (or the governments that is) are spewing falsehoods (which the regularly do) to mislead the public or they are lying to themselves. Putin didn’t get where he is by being emotionally unstable or stupid.
There had to have been some sort of threat to Russia in Ukraine for him to take such a large risk.
It is a dangerous thing to minimize or underestimate the other side. The consequences are even worse now than in the first two world wars.
In short, a repeat of the Battle of Berlin 1945. The Red Army suffered a huge amount of vehicle losses because German defenders with antitank weapons like the Panzerfaust picked the vehicles from hidden positions. Russian armored vehicles will be subject to attack from a long list of anti-armor weapons the Ukrainians possess, even the old SPG-9 73 mm recoilless antitank rifle.
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