#putin is weaker just by virtue of strong men who have military coups that don't end in crushing the coup don't look strong | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

freifraufischer · 1 year ago

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So I followed the Russian coup for most of the time it was active, I think I have a good handle on what happened. The end feels like the last season of a television show where they've been unexpectedly cancelled and the writers decided to make an ending that makes no sense to the actors or the people watching the show.

#serious stuff in the tags #i think the most sensible takes i've seen #is that his forces were moving faster than he expected #he wasn't at all prepared for an actual battle in Moscow #he had no capacity to actually hold Moscow even if he had the capability to take it #they reached a deal that I'd call a face saving deal but I think neither man actually saved actual face #putin is weaker just by virtue of strong men who have military coups that don't end in crushing the coup don't look strong #the wagner pmc is basically dead as a functional military unit #which has probably even wider implications for Russian foreign policy in Africa than Ukraine #no one seems to think pringles war criminal will live to see a natural death #the merc's are pissed #but i bet the Russian troops and national guard soldiers who switched sides are even more pissed #ukrainians had fun with their popcorn were happy to keep up their summer offensive #with an enemy that now is likely even more distrustful of each other than before

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