I love this sentence: “What is important is that Vladimir Putin, until recently President of a great power - he’s still President, just of a broke-down piece of junk with nukes - believed it.”You are an excellent and witty writer as well as wise analyst. Thank you.
Parkinson is linked to pesticide use and according to various articles Moscow soil is laden with them.
My brother started exhibiting signs of Parkinsons and paranoia, lack of logical thinking and distorted memories and there's no comfort for him.
This info really changes the options, I know with my brother he was paranoid even in a beautiful home with his grandchildren and there was no solution except forced memory home care.
I also wonder if Putin's long table isn't because he thinks he's been poisoned. Perhaps he has?
The idea of someone under the influence of heavy narcotics controlling the worlds biggest nuclear arsenal but also the fate of millions in the palm of his hand is a scary scary propostion
I'm guessing he doesn't sleep too well. Guess I'd be worried about having the FSB around given that he uses them all the time for dirty work. But yeah, Parkinson's doesn't help.
Elections and referendums in Crimea and the LND and DNR are not meaningful, given how many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens have fled, been displaced or been deported to Russia since 2014. Over half a million Russian citizens have been imported into Crimea alone after 2014.
Russia sent arms to Cuba, and we did not like that. We should not get involved. Russia can easily take over Cuba for strategic reasons. How would we feel then? When China takes over Taiwan, will we risk a war with China?
My heart goes out to the brave and honourable Ukrainian people who are fighting so hard to protect and preserve their country.
You are obviously far more “in the know” than me. Could you see this escalating to Russian use of nukes?
Great read. Scary and insightful as always. Wow.
I love this sentence: “What is important is that Vladimir Putin, until recently President of a great power - he’s still President, just of a broke-down piece of junk with nukes - believed it.”You are an excellent and witty writer as well as wise analyst. Thank you.
Parkinson is linked to pesticide use and according to various articles Moscow soil is laden with them.
My brother started exhibiting signs of Parkinsons and paranoia, lack of logical thinking and distorted memories and there's no comfort for him.
This info really changes the options, I know with my brother he was paranoid even in a beautiful home with his grandchildren and there was no solution except forced memory home care.
I also wonder if Putin's long table isn't because he thinks he's been poisoned. Perhaps he has?
The idea of someone under the influence of heavy narcotics controlling the worlds biggest nuclear arsenal but also the fate of millions in the palm of his hand is a scary scary propostion
Isn't Parkinson is what Hitler had? Parkinson's seems to be the disease of evil dictators.
"supplicant position" ~ priceless!
Hi Louise you just forget to mention that joining the EU is the the top priority for Ukraine , NATO yes , but later , maybe over the next 5 years .
What do you mean by "green army"?
I'm guessing he doesn't sleep too well. Guess I'd be worried about having the FSB around given that he uses them all the time for dirty work. But yeah, Parkinson's doesn't help.
Elections and referendums in Crimea and the LND and DNR are not meaningful, given how many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens have fled, been displaced or been deported to Russia since 2014. Over half a million Russian citizens have been imported into Crimea alone after 2014.
Jackasses abound.
Read John Mearsheimer and Brother Nathanial.
Zelensky is the real enemy of the Ukrainian people.. AND THE WORLD.
He wants to fight till the last Ukrainian is dead or left the country.
Human stupidity knows no limits.
The war in Ukraine will never be won by anyone.
Both sides have already lost and will continue to lose until a negotiated settlement
brings it to an end.
3 of my grandparents were born in Ukraine. I know one hell of a lot more about the Ukrainian and russian psyche and history than you do.
I will leave you with my favorite Socratic aphorism.. ""Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom."" Parkinsonism is extremely secondary.
Bullshit you people have all diseases
Brilliant article
Russia sent arms to Cuba, and we did not like that. We should not get involved. Russia can easily take over Cuba for strategic reasons. How would we feel then? When China takes over Taiwan, will we risk a war with China?
From the atrocities in Ukraine, Putin is as bad or worse than Adolph Hitler.