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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
I would say he's more George bush Jr. then Hitler. Ukraine will be his Iraq.
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I dunno about that comparison.
Putin has risen from bleak nothingness to become one of the most powerful men on earth. He's been handed virtually nothing and used persistence, hard work, and policitical cunning to get to where he is.
He's managed to manipulate relationships (using his KGB Intel and experience) to build an iron-fisted 'Putin Policitcal Infrastructure' that has enabled him to amass one of the world's largest fortunes, and circumvent the law/intent of the Russian Constitution to stay in power longer than allowed.
He has effectively leveraged Russia's military, economy, and natural resources to dominate independant nations in the region....clearly attempting to eventually make them into satellite states.
He's managed to take advantage of situations (some would argue even orchestrate them...) to make land grabs in Chechnya, parts of Georgia, and now Crimea...with more of Ukraine looking like its up for grabs.
And watch out for Kazakhstan. They've got some incredible energy reserves and a HUGE Russian population that is feeling alienated by the Kazakh Government.
In comparison....
George Bush Jr. was a rich kid who failed at just about everything he attempted in life, and only acheived middling results thanks to the huge financial and political infratstructure his family already had in place to support him.