Western Response to #Putin's brutal war in #Ukraine, while delayed, is now becoming punishing. However, I don't believe that will end #Putin's regime. What will end his regime is ridicule & mockery. There is nothing dictators hate more than mockery (egos can't handle it).
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Why would mockery end #Putin's regime? Well it shows him to be a fraud & #Russian might is a house of cards. How so? 1) A 3-day planned invasion is bogged down in notorious Ukrainian mud. 2) Soldier are abandoning decrepit equipment 3) #Russia can't re/supply it's forces
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4) #Russia should have Air Superiority from Day1, still doesn't after 2 weeks 5) Fully committed its invasion forces & hasn't achieved any major successes 6) Manage to generate a 45km long traffic jam of logistical supplies & equipment. 7) General was killed trying to fix it
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8) Soldiers are sabotaging their equipment so they can walk back to #Russia 9) Elite paratroopers were exposed (& destroyed) as simply incompetent bullies (lost 1st General in effort) 10) Ukrainian farmers (yes, farmers) are hauling away millions worth of #Russia equipment
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More absurdity exists but I'll end by saying #Putin can't hide this disaster nor explain it away. Heads will roll for level of incompetence exposed in his brutal mistake. #Russia's economy is destroyed & it's now a pariah State. For what? A quagmire war he can't exit/win.
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If you followed #FreedomConvoy, even supported it, did you really understand danger it poses to Canada? Maybe you waved away extremist elements, saying just a few "bad apples". You'd be deluding yourself. It's time to scratch below the surface, start here: thewalrus.ca/ottawa-convoy/
Those various flags seen throughout the protest. They weren't one-offs or bad apples, they were embedded in the protest from the start. You saw them: #Trump flags, Confederate flags, 3% flags, &, yes, Swastika flags (if you have one Nazi in a crowd, you've got a crowd of Nazis).
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Start with #CanadaUnity