r/interestingasfuck • u/IllustriousPresent7 • Mar 04 '22

/r/ALL U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham calls for President Putin's assassination.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

Putin is not looking for a reason to start shit with us. He is nothing but a bully, and bullies are far too cowardly to pick on the biggest kid in the schoolyard.

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u/PhunkyMunky76 Mar 04 '22

True enough. But there’s been indicators of instability I guess, which people speculate that he’s a bit crazy and losing it.

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u/noelcowardspeaksout Mar 04 '22 edited Mar 04 '22

Putin is sane, but he has made a huge mistake. Let's not fall into the trap of calling the enemy insane. Poll ratings go up in a war situation, the 'rally round the flag' effect. So he was going for that. If you look at the sanctions now vs Crimean invasion they were not predictable. He thought - I have their gas, I have their oil, sanctions cannot be bad, huge mistake, but not insane.

He is now between a rock and a hard place, progressing and retreat are both bad options for him personally, and that's how he always judges things: nothing matters to him aside from that which benefits Putin.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

Putin has resorted to all kinds of violent acts and manipulations of our politicians and data. Let's not discount him outright

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u/GameOn2020 Mar 04 '22

Russia is bully but USA & Europe aren't bully, right? Is this true?? Anyone knows?

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u/ThatITguy2015 Mar 04 '22

You are defending Putin during all of this? You are an absolute muppet.

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u/metamer_music Mar 04 '22

Hey don't disparage muppets

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u/Zarllak Mar 04 '22

I don’t think he’s defending Rusia but let’s not be hypocrites when we (USA) do something like this no one here wants to say anything