We need to offer Putin a face saving way out
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 05:34 last edited by Mik 3 Aug 2022, 05:34
There is much to consider here, however unpalatable the idea is.
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There is much to consider here, however unpalatable the idea is.
wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 05:38 last edited by@Mik said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
There is much to consider here, however unpalatable the idea is.
Worked last time. I don't know, though, it might be way too late for this.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 05:40 last edited by
We don't have anyone in government with enough leadership skills to do it.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 05:43 last edited by Aqua Letifer 3 Aug 2022, 05:43
@Larry said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
We don't have anyone in government with enough leadership skills to do it.
Hell, this takes a concerted NATO effort and I know they're not up for this, let alone our own government.
Being proven wrong would be awesome, of course.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 11:30 last edited by
I don't want to offer him a face saving way out.
I want to crush him, see him driven before me, and hear the lamentation of his women.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 17:10 last edited by
Sun Tsu (The Art of War) wrote, "When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
He should know.
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I don't want to offer him a face saving way out.
I want to crush him, see him driven before me, and hear the lamentation of his women.
wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 17:12 last edited by@Klaus said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
I don't want to offer him a face saving way out.
I want to crush him, see him driven before me, and hear the lamentation of his women.
I call you and raise you one - I was the feel the lamentation of his women.
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@Klaus said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
I don't want to offer him a face saving way out.
I want to crush him, see him driven before me, and hear the lamentation of his women.
I call you and raise you one - I was the feel the lamentation of his women.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 18:26 last edited by kluurs 3 Aug 2022, 18:27
WWGKD - What Would Genghis Khan Do? Encourage Russian troops to join them for the liberation of Russia from the oligarths.
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Sun Tsu (The Art of War) wrote, "When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
He should know.
wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 22:20 last edited by Renauda 3 Aug 2022, 22:24@Catseye3 said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
Sun Tsu (The Art of War) wrote, "When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
He should know.
The problem with offering Putin an outlet is that he will regard it as effete weakness and we ourselves will interpret it as short term appeasement.
Either way though Ukraine pays dearly.
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WWGKD - What Would Genghis Khan Do? Encourage Russian troops to join them for the liberation of Russia from the oligarths.
wrote on 9 Mar 2022, 00:03 last edited by@kluurs said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
WWGKD - What Would Genghis Khan Do? Encourage Russian troops to join them for the liberation of Russia from the oligarths.
I like it. Won't work but I like it.
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@kluurs said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
WWGKD - What Would Genghis Khan Do? Encourage Russian troops to join them for the liberation of Russia from the oligarths.
I like it. Won't work but I like it.
wrote on 9 Mar 2022, 00:06 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
@kluurs said in We need to offer Putin a face saving way out:
WWGKD - What Would Genghis Khan Do? Encourage Russian troops to join them for the liberation of Russia from the oligarths.
I like it. Won't work but I like it.
Mongols?
That sets a good precedent!
Let's go back to the Incas and the Aztecs!
Native People, Native Lands!
In fact, Ukraine was part of Lithuania, so....
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WWGKD - What Would Genghis Khan Do? Encourage Russian troops to join them for the liberation of Russia from the oligarths.
