Only NATO Can Save Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Despite his on the ground , he is facing strategic defeat in a war that no one (including me) would have expected him to lose. The vaunted Russian army has turned out to be a hollow force whose major skill sets seem to be bullying its own conscripts and killing foreign civilians. The Russian air force has underperformed even the lowest expectations; perhaps Russian pilots should have spent more time getting training and logging flying hours instead of doing at foreign air shows. At home, Putin distrusts his own security services and is some of his top spies. The Russian people are going into the streets,. The is in a deep freeze and is likely to for years.
