Русский корабль - иди нахуй

[gmr548 16580]

This all boils down to 
Don’t get high of your own supply
 
the Russian military thought they were   Great and on par with USA/Nato. Beating Chechen’s and Syria was their chest pumping moment. The general population also thought they were da shit. Now Ukraine with USA weapons is giving them a very hard time and they don’t know how to cope, they are short circuiting.
Prongles guy comes in and states it’s all the military leadership fault we suck and I can change that. The general dumbass population also buying it so they are welcoming them.
They think change of leadership will change something but it won’t 
 

I mean we seen to have thought that too. Or at least significantly overestimated them.

 
 

Godspeed, a true no man’s land

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

2 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

What if Putin offers to fire Shoigu, give his job to Prigozhin, and let him run the invasion of Ukraine?

Prigozhin said the invasion was unjust and the war must be stopped…so he turns around and heads back to fight the unjust war? 

The next 72 hours are going to be insane.

[South Austin 52515]

10 minutes ago, Constant said:

 

Pussies.

[Eastwood 4394]

Only way I see this making sense is that Putin has been removed and replaced with someone that won’t kill Prog. 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[Slacks 6821]

He didn't say he was going back to war, right? 

[Biff Tannen 45691]

I mean, he's a dead man right?

[Nicole44 22060]

One thing I did learn throughout this whole whatever the fuck just happened/is happening is that Christo Grozev has been right on the money. He asserted months ago that Wagner was planning a “coup” or whatever the fuck just happened. So it’s cool that him and a couple of others like Aric Toler are least great sources (albeit removed somewhat) of information. I mean it’s hard to really know with any certainty what’s happening in Russia and with its leadership but Christo has at least been vindicated for his assertion about a planned Wagner coup. 

[MalibuSheriff 1090]

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

Pussies.

[Smax 3800]

booooo

[locodos 5387]

4 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

What if Putin offers to fire Shoigu, give his job to Prigozhin, and let him run the invasion of Ukraine?

That's untenable for both parties...  Also how would Prigozhin talk his troops to quietly head back to die in Ukraine instead of being part of the ruling entity in Russia?

How would Putin be comfortable giving Prigozhin MORE troops, equipment, and power.   Then explain it away to the russian public and oligarchy?   

There's no unwringing this bell, unless it was all a ploy to get Ukraine to jump (I don't think that's what's happening here - Spoiler alert, I don't know shit)

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

2 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

This is some of the craziest shit I’ve ever seen in my life. I suppose 9/11 is tops, but I’m thinking this is #2.

9/11, Berlin Wall, This, VY TD

[FartingMonk 3608]

Did fucking Pringles just Jerry Mcguire this coup?

[Eastwood 4394]

Trying to get Ukraine offsides doesn’t make sense either. You don’t pants Putin like this and just stop. 
 

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and gave his enemies in the Senate time to flee so he could obtain power without spilling Roman citizen blood, which would turn the populace against him and maintain popular support. May be a page out of that playbook. 

[Pig Bellmont 8719]

This is so dumb. He’s just turning around? He’s dead. 

[Kennythetiger 9388]

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

He busy

 

I wonder if their Zoom meetings are as fucked-up as ours are. 
“Chancellor?  Chancellor, we can’t hear you. You have to unmute yourself.”  

[C-Man 27230]

10 minutes ago, Gengs1 said:

Probably cut a great deal with Putin 

[Hook1997 5362]

So Ukraine lights up the convoy as soon as it reenters the country?   

[Brisketexan 105151]

So they’re calling a coup a “non-working day.”  Lulz.

It’s a work from home day, Boomer!

Why do people assume that progu is the head guy and not just the sword of the head guy?

Because people are simple. 
Mr Pringles has somebody working with him (or he's working for someone).  everything is going too smoothly. He has all the weapons and people he needs to ride up the highway and force Putin to evacuate. He didn't just put that together with a call to a few squad leaders. 

Bingo.

That said….I don’t get the “turn around and de-escalate” play. Can’t trust either side to stick with any “deal.” As said above, you can’t unring that bell.

[Constant 6732]

4 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Put me in the ‘root for misstep’ category. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

I don’t think

 

is gonna work here.

[immamac 42857]

Lukashenka negotiating for Russia?  WTF is going on.

[atomheartbevo 89681]

35 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Just wait until this guy (and the rest of the C&C franchise) gets involved:

Wow, I hadn't thought about Timothy Dalton in a long time.  He was fantastic as Snape in the Harry Potter movies.

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[locodos 5387]

5 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

9/11, Berlin Wall, This, VY TD

What about the invention of the cell phone?

Moon Landing

Fall of Saigon

KFC Double down

[Kdub 498]

I don't understand the play. Why go through all the trouble just to turn around, and back to business as usual?

[Gengs1 2583]

So what now; sorry y’all about the 7 helicopters, Pilots and all 

[Dbeasy 15052]

9 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[Js1 85353]

Oh wait it’s over? That was boring 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[Biff Tannen 45691]

1 hour ago, Kdub said:

Why go through all the trouble just to turn around, and back to business as usual get swiftly dispatched?

fixed

[locodos 5387]

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

The damage is already done here. Putin is finished. There are 2 scenarios:

1) A lone group of 25K troops marched unopposed through Russian territory, taking over a military hub and headed towards the seat of power with almost zero resistance.

2) There was a coordinated coup attempt that involved Wagner and other power brokers that got cold feet.

In either scenario, the genie isn’t going back in the bottle here.

This is going to get really ugly.

[immamac 42857]

Just now, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

The damage is already done here. Putin is finished. There are 2 scenarios:

1) A lone group of 25K troops marched unopposed through Russian territory, taking over a military hub and headed towards the seat of power with almost zero resistance.

2) There was a coordinated coup attempt that involved Wagner and other power brokers that got cold feet.

In either scenario, the genie isn’t going back in the bottle here.

This is going to get really ugly.

Genie's already back in the bottle.

[Eastwood 4394]

Until we hear from Putin, I question whether he is still in power. Especially if he fled Moscow as reported.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Just now, immamac said:

Genie's already back in the bottle.

Lol, you think everything is back to normal and Putin’s control is now rock solid?

[locodos 5387]

1 minute ago, immamac said:

Genie's already back in the bottle.

[atomheartbevo 89681]

3 hours ago, Laxtonto said:

So, regardless what happens now, can we all finally agree that fighting to hold Bakhmut is the straw that broke the camels back? The UKA holding the line and turning it into a meat grinder in the end led to this…

Bakhmut has paid off so many times.

[Nicole44 22060]

 

[troph 24810]

Yeah can’t see this as a logical move unless Putin is out. Doesn’t mean Putin is out yet but one has to leave the building, probably in a body bag.

[NAVY 6740]

Moscow wasn’t Prigozhin’s target today. He sent, what, 8 vehicles? No. He whipped up all this attention and then stated that preventing needless Russian deaths was more important. That’s the opposite of current RU military leadership. Next, he heads back to the southern RU army command at Rostov. 
 

Prigozhin’s target was ownership of RU forces in Ukraine. Those guys in the trenches will welcome anyone that gives them hope of survival.
 

He just grew his army by x-fold. 
 

Now that’s a force that could take Moscow in the near future. 

[BrazilHorn 6609]

Just now, locodos said:

First I read this as "Russian Widows" and was thinking "damn that is a fast turnaround for a new dating app"

[ChiTownDoc 21154]

54 minutes ago, Basil said:

Rather have Putin than Pringles in charge. Lesser of two evils. And it’s in the world’s best interests to have stability at the top of a 150M person insane asylum with nukes.

My God.  Putin posts here.  Because, of course.  

[Bateshorn 9928]

1 hour ago, Basil said:

So why doesn’t Biden get on the phone and cut a deal with Putin. We launch a bunch of tomahawks from the North Sea, destroy these Wagner nuts and Putin withdraws from Ukraine. Putin puts a media blackout in it and claims the Russian navy did it. Plus he can blame the Ukraine withdrawal on Pringle’s to save face. Al sorts of folks will know exactly what happened but so what? US denies it and claims it had no subs in the North Sea.

Because you never interrupt your enemy when he’s busy destroying himself.

[Dark Horse 2284]

[Pig Bellmont 8719]

Despite looking like Mike from Breaking Bad, Prigozhin is a much bigger pussy

[locodos 5387]

1 minute ago, BrazilHorn said:

First I read this as "Russian Widows" and was thinking "damn that is a fast turnaround for a new dating app"

LOL that works too, but they're not that dainty

[G650 14263]

5 minutes ago, immamac said:

Genie's already back in the bottle.

I didn't know you were Helobious' sock