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  • Is it possible that Putin comes out of this episode stronger?

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 20:17:19 2023
    Is it possible that Putin comes out of this episode stronger? He
    identified multiple Generals who are not loyal to him and he
    assassinated a formidable rival. He reinforced fear to any potential individuals who may want to challenge his regime!

    Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

    No. When a dictator is reduced to murdering members of his inner
    circle and fighting with and replacing his own generals, the situation
    is very dangerous. There is no trust among those who remain, and
    therefore no loyalty. The knives are out and must taste blood.

    https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1694440105656877314

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Aug 25 03:46:42 2023
    JAB wrote:

    No. When a dictator is reduced to murdering members of his inner
    circle and fighting with and replacing his own generals, the situation
    is very dangerous.

    It didn't seem to do Stalin any harm... he killed tons of his Generals
    and other high-ranking officers in his "military purges". (A lot more
    were sent to the Gulags and never heard from again.)

    Roosevelt and Churchill then sat down and had tea with Uncle Joe at Yalta
    a few years later... so murdering Generals was quite acceptable back then.

    If anyone inside Russia was gonna take out Putin they'd have done it by
    now.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Aug 24 22:09:47 2023
    On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:46:42 +0200, "Blueshirt"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    No. When a dictator is reduced to murdering members of his inner
    circle and fighting with and replacing his own generals, the situation
    is very dangerous.

    It didn't seem to do Stalin any harm...

    Subordinates living in fear...

    If anyone inside Russia was gonna take out
    Putin they'd have done it by now.

    I believe Putin is surrounded by trusted security guards.

    I suspect planning is an issue.....even for a high ranking person.

    Such a person would not want to end up in court, there's the rub.

    An airplane mechanic could do something, but how does an upper echelon
    person make it so? Finding someone to do the 'dirty' work is not
    easy.

    Putin is egocentric...he's not good for Russians.

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