Essay | It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia’s Defeat
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Putin has withstood the West’s best efforts to reverse his invasion of Ukraine, and his hold on power is firm. The U.S. and its allies need a new strategy: containment.

The US and Europe admit that they’re been believing in their own propaganda about Russia and Putin.

  • salvador@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    33·
    10 months ago

    Haven’t you just demonstrated that the problem is in you rather than in Putin or Russia?

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      why? cuz I cracked an admittedly bad joke? the bit about psyops was meant to be read with tongue-in-cheek irony.

      Or are you saying that, because the people who hold power, and the lines of succession in russia are all universally awful, that’s somehow… my fault? or that I’m the problem?

      lets look at the people that would replace Putin, and some of their comments.

      Hmmm. yeah. all three are hard liners and ardent supporters of Putin who are just as personally invested in the war in Ukraine as Putty-bear is.

      • salvador@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        22·
        10 months ago

        As I’ve just said, the US and EU can’t stand it when a russian present, or any other one, acts in the interests of his country and its people rather than in interetss of US and EU. Putin acts precisely in the interets of Russia and the Russian people, though.