Hello Ghil,
Seems the end is coming
soon, as the Scandinavian is clearly better at chess
than any Russian alive ...
Do not underestimate Putin ...
Former world chess champion Garri Kasparov says Vladimir Putin
is a lousy chess player. A good poker player, perhaps, who knows
how to bluff. But not at the game of kings.
Do you think he's bluffing when he says Russia is going to take measures if
Nato countries cross Ukraine "red lines"?
Yes.
"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
Poland laughed in Putin's face.
"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
Lithuania laughed in Putin's face.
"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
Latvia laughed in Putin's face.
"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
Estonia laughed in Putin's face.
See there? The Big Bad Wolf is incompetent. Not even viagra can
help him. He's old. He's out of breath. The best he could do was
wage a brief war in Georgia on behalf of some separatist group
in 2008, and invade a small portion of Ukraine in 2014.
Putin is no dummy. He knows his Russian history well, and remembers
what happened in 1904. That "little war" with Japan did not quite
turn out the way expected, and is what led to revolution in Russia.
Putin cannot win. If he invades Ukraine, it will be his own downfall.
The Russian people turn on him, as more and more Russians return home
in body bags. If he backs off and does nothing, he looks weak. Which
could lead to a military coup d'etat.
You see, the Russian economy is going down the tubes. And nobody
is playing chess any more. That Russian dude vying for the world
chess championship has lost three of the last four games, and is
down 6 games to 3, with five games to go. It got so bad yesterday
that he chopped off his man-bun just before the match. And then
made two huge blunders costing him the game.
GM Magnus Carlsen is on a roll, and he is devastating.
--Lee
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Stop Workin', Start Jerkin'
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