After the Captive Nations were liberated, I naively believed that the Russians rehabilitated themselves from communism, but according to Wiki, that was not the case. While they seem to have abandoned their communist economic system, their system of government hasn't changed much. Although they now have oligarchs instead of communists calling the shots, many of them are the same people, so all that is changed is the nomenclature. I thought that Putin himself was a neo-communist, but it turns out he is just a regular old fashioned communist leftover from the old regime. If past practices are any indication, the same oligarchs that are keeping him in power will turn against him if they determine that he is a liability to their interests. The only question is, what will it take to convince them that he is a liability to their interests?
I'm pretty sure that it was just a few whistleblowers in the Russian Security Service that tipped the Ukrainians off about that assassination plot. We surely would be hearing more about it if it was the whole department.
Speaking of assholes, I see that those Trumpy truckers are at it again. What's the matter with those people, don't they realize there's a war going on? On the bright side, maybe this war will drive another nail in Trump's political coffin, since he and Putin are alleged to be asshole buddies.
Too bad about that no-fly zone, I thought it was an idea whose time had come. If things keep going the way they are, our guys are likely to be directly engaging the Russians eventually anyway. Better in the Ukraine than in Michigan. Those Polish jets might do some good, if they can get them to the Ukrainians in time.
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