I agree that the biggest danger to Putin is the Russian people but I don't see how this makes them rally behind him. Putins power comes from the idea that he is the only one who can protect the Russian people from the evil west, this has been the idea that he has been pushing with his propaganda for a long time now. I don't see how someone attacking the heart of the country with some cheap drones convinces the Russian people that this is the man that can protect them.cos... it pretty obviously is.
On the narrative it creates: The biggest threat to Putin is, and always has been, the Russian people. Stuff like this gives them an enemy that all Dictators need to survive. The reputation of Russian air defences is probably a bit lower down on his priorities.
That's simply wrong. Ukraine definitely attacked the Engels air base, which is a similar distance as Moscow. So we know they can do it.
The missile terror started way before the Crimean bridge attack but it "allowed" the Russian propaganda to push the response angle that some people, including yourself, have picked up. Russia and Putin doesn't need excuses to initiate attacks, they create them after the fact, usually quite poorly.
I don't understand why everyone is assuming the drone incident is a false flag operation, this is is massive humiliation to the Russian air defences and makes Putin and his armed forces look even weaker infront of the Muscovites. Russia has always considered it's air defences among the best in the world, the fact that someone is able to fly a cheap drone over what should be the best protected place in the country is another huge failure for the armed forces and makes Putin and his generals look even weaker.
His playbook is to kill (his own) people though.Probably because it’s a historical part of Putin’s playbook.
If this is indeed no flase flag (I don't think it is) then this will probably make Putin go full hitler in his bunker. An explosive was delivered right above his day office. Imagine it was some unconventional type of explosive (they can get rather small and carried by some drones) . It's unreal they can't protect their fecking presidential palace. Was there actually AA activity before the first explosion, I haven't watched all the videos.
His playbook is to kill (his own) people though.
But what were those people climbing the dome doing at 230am seconds before the drone exploded above it with (posing quite clearly minimal threat to anyone at all let alone Putin who was unlikely anywhere near the place)??If this is indeed no flase flag (I don't think it is) then this will probably make Putin go full hitler in his bunker. An explosive was delivered right above his day office. Imagine it was some unconventional type of explosive (they can get rather small and carried by some drones) . It's unreal they can't protect their fecking presidential palace. Was there actually AA activity before the first explosion, I haven't watched all the videos.
In one of the twitter threads shared here, it was said that it happened between the two explosions , so they were climbing to inspect the explosion from the first drone. It wouldn't make sense to be people there if false flag was getting staged. They'd just blow a drone in the air.But what were those people climbing the dome doing at 230am seconds before the drone exploded above it with (posing quite clearly minimal threat to anyone at all let alone Putin who was unlikely anywhere near the place)??
Coincidence? Hard to believe.
I agree that the biggest danger to Putin is the Russian people but I don't see how this makes them rally behind him. Putins power comes from the idea that he is the only one who can protect the Russian people from the evil west, this has been the idea that he has been pushing with his propaganda for a long time now. I don't see how someone attacking the heart of the country with some cheap drones convinces the Russian people that this is the man that can protect them.
I have no recollection of that story. Share a link and I can tell you if it's the same media. This was reported by DR who have been running a series of investigate articles on Russian maritime activities in Danish waters lately.Same media that was saying something completely different woth proofs abd receipts of rental of boats with scuba gear.
I have no recollection of that story. Share a link and I can tell you if it's the same media. This was reported by DR who have been running a series of investigate articles on Russian maritime activities in Danish waters lately.
Honestly sounds a bit like you are having a moment where "media" is a collective unit, and in collusion with "them" though.
It is hard to make up wether this was a false flag. But the implications are the same. There seems to be no limits to the madness of the Russian leaders. And it’s hard to disagree with Guy on this. There is no point keeping any weapons form the UA. All our previous hesitations have been proven to be stupid and damming.
those are different Danish media outlets and they are referencing German investigations.When I "same media", I say media in general not a particular denmark newspaper. but here are some links
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/us/politics/nord-stream-pipeline-sabotage-ukraine.html
(Danish media) https://www.thelocal.dk/20230308/nord-stream-sabotage-linked-to-ukrainian-owned-yacht
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ched-boat-nord-stream-saboteurs-may-have-used
(I believe the same danish newspaper than last news): https://www.information.dk/udland/2...rene-foerer-ukraine-historien-langtfra-lukket
Again, US, Rusia and europe knew who did it and we will never know
Putin is almost never in Kremlin, so I wouldn’t call it his day office.If this is indeed no flase flag (I don't think it is) then this will probably make Putin go full hitler in his bunker. An explosive was delivered right above his day office. Imagine it was some unconventional type of explosive (they can get rather small and carried by some drones) . It's unreal they can't protect their fecking presidential palace. Was there actually AA activity before the first explosion, I haven't watched all the videos.
It is hard to make up wether this was a false flag. But the implications are the same. There seems to be no limits to the madness of the Russian leaders. And it’s hard to disagree with Guy on this. There is no point keeping any weapons form the UA. All our previous hesitations have been proven to be stupid and damming.
Putin is almost never in Kremlin, so I wouldn’t call it his day office.
Ignoring him completely, regardless of what he’s saying, is the right course of action, the guy is a clown (even though he’s on the right side at the moment).What do you make of Ponomarev’s abovr claim it was done by internal Russian partisans ?
Ignoring him completely, regardless of what he’s saying, is the right course of action, the guy is a clown (even though he’s on the right side at the moment).
Partisans clearly exist but the possibility of him being connected to them, like he claims, is pretty slim. As for this particular case, it looks, from the very little that we know, that it was a big drone like those that were found near Moscow after they fell down — and those are more likely to be sent from the Ukrainian territory (as opposed to smaller repurposed civilian drones that would’ve been sent from somewhere close). But we really don’t know much.
Hopefully Prigozhin will start some inner trouble and order Wagner to retreat.
Can we openly say it? I will: Noah Chomsky is a cnut.
Always has been. He hates everything American and thus eager to speak his poisonous nonsense just to shit in the US.
Yep, agree with this (the main point, dunno who is Greenwald).The further left one goes, the more one sees an ideological convergence with right wing populist rhetoric. In Chomsky’s case it’s more so coincidental than intentional. In the case of Greenwald, there’s definitely a grift involved.
Yep, agree with this (the main point, dunno who is Greenwald).
Left wingers who appear on that prick’s show are the worst. Tulsi leading them although I guess she has become hardcore Republican by now.Glenn Greenwald. Self aggrandizing lefty journo who frequently appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show.
I don't think Tulsi could ever have been described as left wing.Left wingers who appear on that prick’s show are the worst. Tulsi leading them although I guess she has become hardcore Republican by now.
