According to the very stable genius ex-US president Putin is a genius. Let's see shall we? What has he achieved so far?
- Russia's blitzkrieg attempt has failed and plan B involves massive force against civilian targets will be so brutal that Russia's reputation will be tarnished for a generation.
- He can't even win that, according to general David Petreus
- Much of the world is united in disgust
- Massive sanctions are crippling the Russian economy
- Ukranian and Russian casualties are piling up
- 1M+ Ukranian refugees and counting, could total 7M fairly soon
- If Ukraine wasn't a nation (according to Putin), it is now
- NATO has been united and given a renewed importance
- The EU has been united
- Germany is increasing military spending from below 1.5% of GDP to 2%+ with an immediate $100B
- Germany (Germany!) is sending arms to Ukraine
- Powerful voices in Germany argue for military intervention (and here)
- Switzerland is joining the boycott
- Russian oligarchs assets are hounded down
- Russia's sporters and artists are thrown out of competitions, performances and contracts
- Sweden and Finland are sending arms and seriously considering joining NATO
- Putin's only friends: Assad of Syria and Lukashenko of Belarus, do we need to say more?