by Bob Williams, Stevensville
Week before last week, Donald Trump called Putin a “genius,” and Mike Pompeo said Putin was “shrewd.”
The most effective Soviet soldiers were from Ukraine, however, Putin grossly neglected comparing the resistance of Ukrainian military to the weakness of invading Russian Armed Forces.
Putin decided that under-trained foot soldiers under command of undisciplined officers could seize control of Kyiv, Ukraine, the tenth largest city in Europe.
Putin failed to see how his obviously unprovoked war on Ukraine would devalue the ruble, exclude oligarchs from making bank to bank transactions through SWIFT, and much more importantly, block Russian access to 640 billion dollars of Russian held foreign currency reserves. And bring sanctions, and asset seizures, against himself (estimated wealth over 150 billion dollars), his banks, his Security Council, his Prime Minister, and many of his greedy oligarch co-conspirators.
Europe knows that Putin has gone nuts and has to go.
Now, what to do with seized assets of people associated with Putin’s war on Ukraine?
As honest brokers, the USA, also the UK, could place seized assets in irrevocable trusts held in the name of the people in Russia, also Ukrainian people displaced by Putin’s war on Ukraine (an estimated 1,000,000).
Rick Borden says
I always thought a ladder was something a person could climb to help reach a particular height? Not sure, but I think the above comment may have meant to use the word latter.
Alan says
Lol. You have no idea what Putin is thinking nor do I. However, if you really believe that Putin is nuts, (he is not), do you think it wise to provoke a madman who has a nuclear arsenal most of which is trained on the USA? I mean, he is after all nuts according to you. Have we completely lost our reasoning skills or are we all just subject to the media and social platforms? I fear the ladder.
Stephen Svelmoe says
Yeah, I’ve always been scared of those ladders too.
Meanwhile, Mr. Williams is probably not too concerned that Vlad, in his spare time, reads the the Bitterroot Star and will be offended by his comment and therefore do something indiscreet. .
Have you completely lost your reasoning skills or are you just subject to the media and social platforms? I fear the ladder.