re: #267 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I agree that Putin probably had some bum intel, but he is too much of a cold and calculating bastard not to have contingencies in place. Do not mean to IMPLY that he is going to succeed, but let us not misunderestimilate him just yet, we are still in the opening stages of a long game for Putin.

He is in it too deep not to go through with it. Going home is not an option.

You keep ascribing traits he’s rumored to have. He may even have had 40 years ago. None are on display now.