Comments by "" (@Rob_F8F) on "What Political Legacy Does Putin Want to Bequeath?" video.

He wants the leave a Greater Russia. Instead, his successor will receive a Lesser Russia.
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@babanagrahim5439 Let's see....my original comment has no typos, is grammatically correct, and uses complete sentences. Yup, must be a boomer! 🤣🤣🤣
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@cranberryeater7459 You have got to get the updated talking points. Even the Kremlin stopped saying Zelensky was a nazi back during the summer. 🤣🤣🤣
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@northstar1878 A nuked West would also mean a nuked Russia. Hard to enjoy the mega yachts, the multi-million dollar townhouses in Belgravia, and the billion dollar dachas then.
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@dosa2990 In invading Ukraine, Putin has not gained territory. Instead, Putin has hastened the transformation of Russia into client of China. Economically, diplomatically, and militarily, when the war ends, Beijing will can calling the shots in Moscow. Putin gambled Russia on this special military operation and he has lost it.
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@dosa2990 If Russia started nuking targets in Ukraine, it would immediately lose China and India as friendly countries. This is not even considering a certain NATO response. At that point, Russia might claim an irradiated Ukraine, but could count friends on a single hand with fingers left over (and none of them a major economy)..
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@northstar1878 At this rate, Russian aims are to return Crimea to Ukraine and stimulate the domestic funeral market.
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Putin has rationally stuck Russia's arm into a wood chipper.
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@dosa2990 The truth might hurt if you actually gave it, but if you haven't, nothing hurts at all. Putin went from "de-nazification" in February to "I am willing to make peace if I get to keep the land that I'm holding." He sure did stuck to his principles. He's like a bank robber who has been trapped in the bank by police. Now he's negotiating for a way to escape with his ill-gotten gains. It was always a land-grab, the nazi stuff was just the barest of fig leaves to cover his true intent. Do believe me. Believe what has been coming out if Putin's mouth in the past two weeks.
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@northstar1878 That's the point, nuking is MAD. That's why no one does it
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@northstar1878 Why would Putin initiate global nuclear Armageddon? If he survived, his country and his people would have been destroyed (like everyone else). Is being King of the Irradiated World a life's goal for Putin?
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@scottwillie6389 For 30 yaers, it has been the independent nation os Ukraine. Now, it's novorussiya? Convenient. But that's a fantasy, had Putin's special military operation ended in 10 days with Russian forces proudly rolling down the streets or Kyiv and Odessa, the whole region might have been folded back into Russia. Alas, while the future is unknowable, certain realities have become evident since the special military operation has begun. One, it has thrown Sweden and Finland from neutrality to NATO. Now Russia has a new, very long border with am actual NATO country. Nevertheless to say, the Baltic has become a NATO lake. Unfortunate, considering the only seaway to Russia's second city goes through it. 2. The operation intended to shatter NATO unity has done the opposite. NATO has not been so united in 30 years. The stream of weapons and funds from NATO to Ukraine is a veritable flood. Wobbly members such as Germany and France have repledged their support. On the other hand, Russia's own defensive alliance, the CSTO, is breaking in the light of Russia being unable to come to the aid of Armenia. Russia partnership with with China, that had not limits, found limits very quickly. Last, the myth of Russian military might has been shattered. Once thought only second to the US in might, now it's second to Ukraine in Ukraine. Putin's legacy, whenever he leaves office, will be that of the one that awoke the world from the dream of Russia being a global power.
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@scottwillie6389 Lyman, Izyum, Kherson, Putin has a tenuous hold on cities that are part of Russia Forever. At this rate, Russian will be advancing all the way from Gates of Moscow.
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