[HN Gopher] Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory f...
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       Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for his own
       survival
        
       Author : Balgair
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-02-19 21:45 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
        
       | bitlax wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/uCfoG
        
       | bediger4000 wrote:
       | Interesting article but I'm not sure it really makes the point
       | the headline says. Maybe I don't understand the dynamics
       | involved. The article claims Putin has used the war to strengthen
       | his own position, and impose a surveillance state on Russia. Once
       | you've done that your position is unassailable. The unnamed
       | sources quoted all appear to be rivals or others in a position to
       | take control. Not sure if their testimony is true.
        
         | RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
         | Your comment reminds me of Ahmed Chalabi who the Washington
         | establishment was so keen on propping up as having keen insight
         | into what the people of Iraq were really thinking. Turns out he
         | had keen insight into his ambitions and what Washington wanted
         | to hear. That was a completely different thing that what the
         | people of Iraq really thought.
        
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