tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post4153301212852711408..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Putin Echos MolotovThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-74541705675169893782015-01-29T17:13:17.770-06:002015-01-29T17:13:17.770-06:00The Red Army took 5 to 1 deaths against Finland an...The Red Army took 5 to 1 deaths against Finland and Putin will do the same if need be. Individuals are subordinate to the state in Putin's world. In the West the state is subordinate to the individual. We worry about deaths of civilians and soldiers. Russia doesn't. So Putin will kill as many civilians as it takes to force us to the negotiating table ie to give him what he wants. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-66237558084780264662015-01-29T17:07:36.833-06:002015-01-29T17:07:36.833-06:00Soviet thinking doesn't change.Soviet thinking doesn't change.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-42007792868067529842015-01-29T15:24:47.416-06:002015-01-29T15:24:47.416-06:00Wait; is there an echo in here? Plus ça change......Wait; is there an echo in here? Plus ça change...Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-81091574077130529492015-01-28T16:40:34.825-06:002015-01-28T16:40:34.825-06:00Putin and the Russians remind me a bit of the cock...Putin and the Russians remind me a bit of the cockroach army in the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comix popular in my misspent youth. Every time the cockroach general was told about troop losses his response was, in essence, that losing a few thousand troops was not a big deal when he had a million more to replace them. I don't think Putin can count on that million the way Molotov could in Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.com