TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoGunfire and blaze at Moscow concert hall, reports saymessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareGunfire and blaze at Moscow concert hall, reports sayTheDudeV2@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPutin has no need to legitimize what he does.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPutin doesn’t let people call it a war. He only made a “partial mobilization”. He is cracking down hard on dissent. He is obviously scared of the People. He needs to appear legitimate in their eyes.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNot calling it a war looks even worse if the country you are not at war with just killed dozens of people in your capital. So if this a false flag op, it’s inherently self-contradictory.
Putin has no need to legitimize what he does.
Putin doesn’t let people call it a war. He only made a “partial mobilization”. He is cracking down hard on dissent.
He is obviously scared of the People. He needs to appear legitimate in their eyes.
Not calling it a war looks even worse if the country you are not at war with just killed dozens of people in your capital. So if this a false flag op, it’s inherently self-contradictory.