• zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    How is Putin paranoid? If anything he was far too trusting and western friendly until the West forced him away. All of the hardliner Russians “paranoia” has been proven correct and it was the trusting comprador faction that got proven to be disconnected from reality. Putin has a more grounded and serious view of this than any Western leaders but apparently he’s “paranoid”?

    Sounds like you have been reading too much NYT

    • Omniraptor [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      I’m Russian myself and in the winter of '22 I was posting how Putin is never going to invade because it would be stupid and against his objective interests (which is still true imo lol) and that all those troops buildups and exercises were intimidation tactics for negotiations. Then he goes and does it, proving right all the American natsec ghouls and ukrainian nazis who were screaming the whole time that he’s insane/can’t be trusted in negotiations and will invade.