<story><title>Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army</title><url>https://www.worldbulletin.net/asia-pacific/wagner-coup-in-russia-wagner-declared-war-on-the-russian-army-h215840.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tootie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll say this, the guy is bold as hell. He&amp;#x27;s an absolute maniac and probably worse than Putin but he sure isn&amp;#x27;t afraid of anything. One can only hope he wrecks enough chaos make the war in Ukraine untenable.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll also say this, Putin played his hand as poorly as humanly possible. He spent decades stockpiling loyalty and political capital with an iron fist and spent it all in less two years and has absolutely nothing to show for it. I think it&amp;#x27;s time to admit that beneath his steely-eyed, stoic demeanor he isn&amp;#x27;t half as smart as he&amp;#x27;s been given credit for.</text></item><item><author>rdtsc</author><text>Wagner leader Prigozhin is gambling and betting everything on red (or black?).&lt;p&gt;The problem for the Russian government is that many ordinary pro-war Russians see Prigozhin as a hero. If they kill him, he&amp;#x27;ll become a martyr.&lt;p&gt;For all I care both sides are war criminals and should answer for their atrocities in Ukraine. If they can kill each other without also killing civilians, don&amp;#x27;t think we should stand in their way too much.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jareds</author><text>Is he bold and unafraid? My thought is he believes he has a 0% chance of living to this time next year given the current way things are going. If rebelling increases his odds to 0.5% and he doesn&amp;#x27;t care about the lives of anyone else it&amp;#x27;s the logical thing to do.</text></comment>
<story><title>Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army</title><url>https://www.worldbulletin.net/asia-pacific/wagner-coup-in-russia-wagner-declared-war-on-the-russian-army-h215840.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tootie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll say this, the guy is bold as hell. He&amp;#x27;s an absolute maniac and probably worse than Putin but he sure isn&amp;#x27;t afraid of anything. One can only hope he wrecks enough chaos make the war in Ukraine untenable.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll also say this, Putin played his hand as poorly as humanly possible. He spent decades stockpiling loyalty and political capital with an iron fist and spent it all in less two years and has absolutely nothing to show for it. I think it&amp;#x27;s time to admit that beneath his steely-eyed, stoic demeanor he isn&amp;#x27;t half as smart as he&amp;#x27;s been given credit for.</text></item><item><author>rdtsc</author><text>Wagner leader Prigozhin is gambling and betting everything on red (or black?).&lt;p&gt;The problem for the Russian government is that many ordinary pro-war Russians see Prigozhin as a hero. If they kill him, he&amp;#x27;ll become a martyr.&lt;p&gt;For all I care both sides are war criminals and should answer for their atrocities in Ukraine. If they can kill each other without also killing civilians, don&amp;#x27;t think we should stand in their way too much.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>1MachineElf</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll say one thing - I wish US generals would publicly speak our against our wars and the lies behind them.</text></comment>