Fog of war in Russia
mark94
Arizona
Saturday, June 24, 2023 4:07 PM
Wagner troops on the outskirts of Moscow. A dozen different theories on what’s really going on. Complete chaos.
It will be days or weeks before we know what this all means.
With the control of nuclear weapons in play, this is a dangerous situation. There are worse outcomes than having Putin remain in power.
It will be days or weeks before we know what this all means.
With the control of nuclear weapons in play, this is a dangerous situation. There are worse outcomes than having Putin remain in power.
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“Potentially any situation could go nuclear, so while it’s possible, nearly nobody wants that.
People in the USA are increasingly sick of a pointless proxy war.
The POTUS lets armed mercenary groups develop under oligarchs and that is a situation ripe for coups.
We could have - completely new piece of shit POTUS/dictator in the USA by this time the year after next”
Somebody in Russia getting ahold of some nukes and selling them to someone else that would use them? Now that’s scary.
So he demonstrated just why he shouldn't be ignored. I think Prighozhin knew full well he wasn't going to truly march on Moscow. I think he wanted out without having to fight his way out.
But Prighozhin has done excellent work for Putin in Syria and Africa. He probably has enough personal leverage to keep from getting killed so long as he shed no Russian blood.
As far his actual end game that's a good question. But I suspect he handled enough truly dirty business in Syria and Africa that he can stay alive to negotiate. Too much risk that he has documents waiting to be sent around the world if he suddenly ceases to breathe.