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Old 03-07-2024, 12:35 PM
 
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When Putin wins re-election with 80% of the vote, does that tell you that Putin is incredibly popular in Russia?
It tells me he's an ex-KGB agent who knows how to coalesce political power - via murder and one way tickets to penal colonies - all in a country used to being run by autocrats to include strongmen, paranoids and psychopaths.

Anyway being, "popular" in Russia does mean 2014 era Ukraine should have allowed him to take over via a plant.

 
Old 03-07-2024, 01:18 PM
 
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It tells me he's an ex-KGB agent who knows how to coalesce political power - via murder and one way tickets to penal colonies - all in a country used to being run by autocrats to include strongmen, paranoids and psychopaths.

Anyway being, "popular" in Russia does mean 2014 era Ukraine should have allowed him to take over via a plant.
So you apply one standard to the 328-0 vote in Ukraine but a completely different one to political elections in Russia. Why?
 
Old 03-08-2024, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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Nuland has occupied importation positions in various administrations, including Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden. Curiously, she was absent in the Trump administration. Maybe that's the explanation for why there were less wars?
And why they're desperate to keep Trump out of the oval orifice.
 
Old 03-09-2024, 01:39 PM
 
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So you apply one standard to the 328-0 vote in Ukraine but a completely different one to political elections in Russia. Why?
Sure. The 328-0 vote was a much more free vote than votes for Putin.
 
Old 03-09-2024, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Northern California
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2 theories

1. She had a life long obsession to be become SoS, and she was passed over. Maybe she feels like she's at the end of her career.

2. Her pet project, Ukraine, is a failure. And the US maybe shifting from supporting Ukraine, and she was forced out or resigned because she realizes her project will be deprioritized.

Probably both and 2 proceeds 1.
And what was a Bush retread doing in a 'Democratic' administration in the first place?
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