Mr. Putin has ways to make the West take him seriously. From L. Reichard White at lewrockwell.com:
Sir:
I’ve written some mostly tongue-in-cheek pieces in the past about Western Leaders dissing you ( Those Silly Russians, How Stupid Is This Narrative?, Oh No! Not Novichok Again!, etc.)
I hope you took them in the spirit in which they were intended?
But in a more serious vein, I worry about you now and then, the nuclear fate of life on earth solidly lodged on your shoulders 24/7. At least you have Mr. Lavrov to share the burden. Despite that, neither of you seem to age much, what’s your secret?
OK, but here’s the thing. The current, apparently brain-dead leaders of those countries you used to refer to as “our friends and partners in the west” refuse to take you seriously. I know, as you said, you expect that.
But when it gets down to The Final World War, you’d think they’d at least listen. They don’t, though many of us have also tried to get their attention – – –
Watching Washington Foment Nuclear War, Paul Craig Roberts, PaulCraigRoberts.org
Is Putin Paranoid?, L. Reichard White
Not surprisingly, we’ve had even less success than you have.
Read that one of the German POW gulag killing techniques was to tie them naked to a post in a swamp and let mosquitoes eat them alive and it took about 48 hours with millions of them.
Ivan is a mean boy and has some wicked calling cards.
Zircon, Kinzhal, SARMAT-Satan II, Poseidon, come to mind.
Careful what you wish for when you don’t have any skin in the game at the mean girl boss faculty lounge.
And be sure to stock your bunker with a fountain of youth and fresh water for the radioactive isotope outlast plan.
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