It seems that Putin neglected political preparation at home: nobody believes his claim that he had to stop "the genocide of Russians in eastern Ukraine", or that NATO nuclear missiles were on their way to Ukraine. End-the war now petitions signed by 330,000 in less than 24 hours Tweet added by Edward N Luttwak @ELuttwak

Edward N Luttwak

2 years

It seems that Putin neglected political preparation at home: nobody believes his claim that he had to stop "the genocide of Russians in eastern Ukraine", or that NATO nuclear missiles were on their way to Ukraine. End-the war now petitions signed by 330,000 in less than 24 hours

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Ghadi Francis | غدي فرنسيس

@ghadifrancis

2 years

@ELuttwak @EddeRoger And you saw every russian and concluded that 😂.

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James M Miller

@JamesMMiller2

2 years

@ELuttwak Right, hence the protests. The polling isn't great, people have family in Ukraine. Hard to sell a genocide without an actual genocide.

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@waterpolojoe

2 years

@ELuttwak That’s good. But I feel Putin is pretty insulated from the masses

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Jens Nasstrom

@jensnasstrom

2 years

@ELuttwak Which makes his actions seem even more irrational and begs the question: has he lost the plot and are people in his inner circle ready to pull the plug on him?

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@AkshayMehra

2 years

@ELuttwak Similar protests before Iraq - didn’t stop Bush & Blair.