Da. I say that because in just about every speech he keeps referring to

the Russians and Ukrainians as being "one." Plus, Ukraine has only been truly independent a few brief years in its entire history (relatively speaking). @bourbonstreet correct me if I am wrong here, but I believe Ukraine was apart of Kyivan Rus and Russia (going back to Catherine the Great/Peter the Great Era).

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Posted: 03/02/2022 at 3:58PM

Do you think Putin wishes he stuck to buying facebook ads? ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/02/2022 3:12PM

I think he will simply increase the ferocity of his assault until Ukraine -- Baltimore Hokie 03/02/2022 3:32PM

Moldova will be next… -- kjhokie 03/02/2022 7:02PM

He will become a Pariah in the west. Hopefully never to set foot in Europe -- UTPr0sim 03/02/2022 3:53PM

I don't think he makes it through the year. The ? is how many die before h ** -- Kudelski 03/02/2022 4:04PM

He may have already achieved pariahhood. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/02/2022 3:54PM

What is victory? -- capitals1 03/02/2022 3:42PM

Great question. ** -- ColoVT82 03/02/2022 6:13PM

An unstable gov with an ongoing civil war between Russia and NATO -- Vienna_Hokie 03/02/2022 4:36PM

If that is all he gets out of this (which I doubt -- capitals1 03/02/2022 4:45PM

The world needs oil and Iran, China and Russia can control most of it -- Vienna_Hokie 03/02/2022 4:54PM

It's tough to occupy anymore -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/02/2022 3:53PM

Well Putin is crazy enough that it is possible his new goal is to level -- VTHokie2000 03/02/2022 3:50PM

But he has nothing to park there. Is he that tertiary syphilis nuts? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/02/2022 3:53PM

Da. I say that because in just about every speech he keeps referring to -- VTHokie2000 03/02/2022 3:58PM

That overlooks the rise of and formation of USSR and its dissolution. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/02/2022 4:02PM

True, but remember it was Catherine the Great who started the forced -- VTHokie2000 03/02/2022 4:09PM

It's such a broken history, hard to make sense of the timeline. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/02/2022 4:13PM

That's true too. I will say I did study it at VT in the late 90s -- VTHokie2000 03/02/2022 4:17PM

Much has even happened since then. They need to call you back for more. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/02/2022 4:34PM

If they did, then they may never get rid of me ;-) ** -- VTHokie2000 03/02/2022 4:35PM

Agreed. Ukraine can't hold on forever. ** -- NokieHokie 03/02/2022 3:35PM

Neither can the Russian people. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/02/2022 3:45PM

Exactly. Nor the Russian military without money, I surmise. ** -- MP4VT2004 03/02/2022 5:17PM

I think he's an idiot, but I guess he'll have to learn that himself. ** -- VT Pez4Life 03/02/2022 3:30PM

Cryogenics- coulda lived forever ** -- bigbadbird 03/02/2022 3:15PM

Da. I say that because in just about every speech he keeps referring to

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