Quote: lofthouse @ 27th February 2022, 12:16 PMCountless high up nazi officials desperately wanted to get rid of Hitler- virtually all were to gutless to attempt it
I suspect Putin is surrounded by the same yes men who wouldn't dare to even question his actions , let alone plot his removal from office
Its about the time line and the fact that the generals in Hitlers case were Wehrmacht. Basically professional soldiers competing with a Nazi Party ideology. The Nazis pointed at maps and gave ideas, the generals turned ideas into plans, good plans in the main.
But the party had reasoning that they could offer the populace such as bad treaties and living space and Anschluss etc so the army did well at first and Hitler gave the public what they wanted and it all worked well.
Putin has in the main turned Russia from a basket case owned by gangsters and given the average Russian a better quality of life in exchange for strong laws that all so cover political dissent . So gangsters and reporters got hit with the same truncheon. He also had wins against the Chechens and in Syria, he has delivered the people victories.
But now he has over stepped the mark, all of his cronies face ruin and he has nothing to offer his public. He used up all his best slogans setting the thing up 'Build the Wall' and 'Lock Her Up' in order to put his man in the White House, simple slogans that offered plausible outcomes that stops Mexicans stealing your job etc. I might not be true but it does sound like something you could benefit from.
Like them or loathe them 'Get Brexit Done' and 'Oven Ready Deal' took us out of Europe because it offered people something it created the notion of 'Better Things' and 'Fair Play' for people who felt cheated in many ways as there was and remains genuine grievances in many areas.
But going into a Cul De Sac War with 'Nazi Drug Addicts' as your slogan is piss poor weak as is his mentioning of Sweden and Finland, thats the mindset of a pure St Petesburger that will not resonate among the Muscovites.
So he is offering no one anything other on loss upon loss and no gains to be pointed at. Once Krushev lost the Cuban Missile crisis and ended up buying Canadian wheat, he was out . Gorbahov was under house arrest and Yeltsin was pushed out with a guarantee he wouldn't go to jail. They do get rid of their leaders as they all remember Stalin. So Putin could well get it in the neck from his own. And the sooner the better, the dream move is a press conference with solemn music stating that Putin dies in his sleep and the army have to come home to help with the mourning.
