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I have found this thread, for the most part, valuable.  Please don’t mess it up.

BC

^^What BC said^^ - I've been pretty amazed by the knowledge and informed takes on the war I've read here, thanks for keeping on point

And I would take polls on Russians' opinion(s) of Putin with the same grain of salt as the "polls" conducted in the Myanmars and the Irans and the N.Koreas about their dear leaders.  At this point, I put credibility in the theory that Putin fancies himself as Franz Kafka as the cockroach would/could survive a nuclear attack. Why the hell not? BTW, a good portion of Russians see conspiracies everywhere. Like, grassy knolls wherever they look.

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I have found this thread, for the most part, valuable.  Please don’t mess it up.

BC

^^What BC said^^ - I've been pretty amazed by the knowledge and informed takes on the war I've read here, thanks for keeping on point

And I would take polls on Russians' opinion(s) of Putin with the same grain of salt as the "polls" conducted in the Myanmars and the Irans and the N.Koreas about their dear leaders.  At this point, I put credibility in the theory that Putin fancies himself as Franz Kafka as the cockroach would/could survive a nuclear attack. Why the hell not? BTW, a good portion of Russians see conspiracies everywhere. Like, grassy knolls wherever they look.