69 million page views

Conflicted Ambitions – Russian Leader Attempts to Recalibrate Efforts of Russian Ambitions

Reader comment on item: Take Vladimir Putin's Nuclear Threats Seriously
in response to reader comment: Reinforcement of an Objective - Replacing Current Ukrainian Government that Objected to Russian Interference in Ukraine - What a Surprise

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Aug 17, 2022 at 15:32

In an apparent attempt to mitigate some loss of face in not being able to quash the Ukraine and adjacent regions as quickly as it may have been deciphered in the planning stages, the Russian leader now blames the United States and doubles down on the self-imagined cause and effect of poor judgement in believing his own lies that somehow his version of the situation of the killing of innocents in the Ukraine is justified by those lies.
Make no mistake, the observer's opinion of the current governance of the United States is flawed due to the criminal conduct of certain offenders in the governmental stratum, but the Russian's own delusional ambitions of empire are indeed, his own to own; that using such things as an excuse to destroy that which does not fit his perception of life and pursuits of those ambitions that are devastating to countless faces he cares so little for; it is his own fault it's not working. The problem now is that others must bear the resultant costs, even if they become nuclear when he finds out he cannot stop.

Dislike
Submitting....

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".

Follow Daniel Pipes

Facebook   Twitter   RSS   Join Mailing List

All materials by Daniel Pipes on this site: © 1968-2025 Daniel Pipes. daniel.pipes@gmail.com and @DanielPipes

Support Daniel Pipes' work with a tax-deductible donation to the Middle East Forum.Daniel J. Pipes

(The MEF is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Tax-ID 23-774-9796, approved Apr. 27, 1998.

For more information, view our IRS letter of determination.)