This Ukrainian military ad is a few years old, but I still think it’s pretty effective...
...and this in-depth report from the German television service DW gets into a lot of history on “Vlad The Butcher” Putin and his global aspirations, including his quest to dominate Ukraine and Putin’s utterly bizarre – and dare I say unhinged? – vision of returning the Russian empire to something that’s almost pre-Communist (and recalling Putin’s remark about the breakup of the Soviet Union as the worst crisis of the 20th century, or words to that effect...if I could, I’d be trying to get Sweden and especially Finland into NATO right now)...
...and this Young Turks clip with Cenk and Ana from last Thursday gives us more analysis, along with Cenk’s theory about Putin’s gamble on waging war vs. Western sanctions as well as how this all could play out with the Russian oligarchs also...I think Cenk’s theory is pretty correct, ominous as it is, except for one thing; I definitely see the Russian military getting “bogged down” in Ukraine...
...and Rachel Maddow is back just in time to provide some more important context on Vlad The Butcher’s incursion into that besieged country (and yeah, I would say “shambolic disgrace” describes what Putin has done to Russia all right)...
...and John and Brett of The Damage Report tell us about the incredible bravery of the 13 Ukrainian border guards defending that island who were slaughtered by the cowards of the Russian military...
Update 3/1/22: Wonderful news, if true (here).
...and happy belated 80th birthday to singer Paul Jones, formerly of Manfred Mann (with a tune whose title definitely applies to Putin...have to return this site to something approximating normalcy at some point).
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