Spock taught me that when everyone was being emotional, logic could often solve the problem. A raised eyebrow and a blank look can convey the lack of logic in emotional reactions.
Currently, Russia is being emotional.
Cool logic tells us that a Putin opponent was shot in the back under the walls of the Kremlin, in the moonlit shadow of the domes of the cathedrals. It took security 11 minutes to show up. There is almost no video of the murder, which took place in one of the most secure places in Russia. Who has the power to make that happen?
Putin has betrayed Ukraine. Ukraine gave its nuclear weapons to Russia. Putin backed a total idiot to rule Ukraine, then backed and financed a fake revolution in an attempt to steal land from Ukraine.
Putin is betraying Russia. Putin can not admit that Ukraine will fight him to the last Ukrainian breath. Putin can not admit that he can not rule Ukraine without the agreement of the Ukrainians.
Now Putin is encouraging Russia to spend all of its savings on a doomed attempt to pretend that the totally valid Western sanctions are not going to harm Russia. It is easy to pretend you know how to run a country when oil is over $100 a barrel.
I did not enjoy the seven years of recession caused by the interruption in the flow of money in the Western world.
Russia is not going to enjoy the more than seven years of recession caused by the sanctions imposed by the West.
You can blame the West for the sanctions, just like Putin is blaming the opposition for killing their own leader. I guess Putin thinks that Russians are such idiots that they will believe anything.
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