Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "'Russia is in trouble': Gen. Wesley Clark assesses Putin's footing in Ukraine" video.

  1. We have to be very careful in flouting volunteers, and calling Putin's army down and basically saying the Russians are an incompetent and spent fighting force. Above all, we must do everything we can about putting President Putin in a box. There is no need for boasting on anyone's side. What is going on is a real war with someone probably dying in the time I write this comment. War is serious business and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark shows us on his face that there is real danger ahead. If Putin cannot find an off-ramp he'll have to amp-up the conflict. As long as he's alive he has to see himself coming out of this military action standing on his feet. What is absolutely appalling for us over here in Europe is to know that more than 2 million people need a place to stay and a place to live and that is going to mean our societies are going to be transformed overnight into something no one can even imagine yet. Ukraine is being blown up right before our eyes; cities, towns and villages are being leveled. Brave soldiers are getting killed and we still can't find a way out. This Ukraine war shows us once and for all that authoritarian governing systems have to go the way of the dodo bird. The soldiers have no will to fight on the Russian side because in an autocratically governed country, they have no say in anything they do. They don't even think about being muzzled on just about anything that has to do with the way their country is run. This way they can endure. Forget about Democracies being the best way to govern people; they're far from it, but they're a lot better than living under an autocrat or a dictator.
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