❗️"Assad and Putin are not just vassals and overlords. They are accomplices in violence. Dictators like Assad cannot survive without dictators like Putin. And Putin will try to take revenge for the fall of Assad," — Zelensky Do you agree? 🤔 - ThreadSky

maks23.bsky.social • 181 days ago

❗️"Assad and Putin are not just vassals and overlords. They are accomplices in violence. Dictators like Assad cannot survive without dictators like Putin. And Putin will try to take revenge for the fall of Assad," — Zelensky

Do you agree? 🤔

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terpsichorecmlos.bsky.social•181 days ago

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💙💙💙💙💙💙👍🏼👍🏻👍👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

bonfire24.bsky.social•180 days ago

Obviously.

stidmatt.bsky.social•181 days ago

It's an empirical fact. If you look at the equipment used by the Assad regime, it is a long list of Russian weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Syrian_Army

whmapping.bsky.social•180 days ago

Assad falls
Putin gets angry
Ukraine becomes the whipping boy

mudncrud.bsky.social•181 days ago

Yep

philip0010.bsky.social•181 days ago

He is soon 73 , not much time left according statistics.

stidmatt.bsky.social•181 days ago

As a Russian man he is already past his expiration date... statistically.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN?locations=RU

puregoldj.bsky.social•181 days ago

KGB Dude definitely is not happy losing bases at Tartus & Khmeimim (not sure that’s spelled right). Some folks might start falling out windows!

thomm53.bsky.social•180 days ago

Putin will try, though he's weakened. But let's not forget how dangerous a cornered animal can be.

nlstaatsburger.bsky.social•181 days ago

Whatever,
Help the Ukrainian people and army to Defend themselves fully and without restrictions.
No arms on their back.

gertskovpetersen.bsky.social•181 days ago

Yep.

liberalrage.bsky.social•181 days ago

Putin is busy right now. If harris had been elected, Ukraine might have ended putin once and for all.
Inflation is sky high in Russia
They would have imploded

angelcitystudio.bsky.social•179 days ago

If we would have just let him join NATO... none of this would have happened.

lordbrucestuart.bsky.social•181 days ago

YES

rlmiskimens.bsky.social•180 days ago

Wise words.

drwatt.bsky.social•180 days ago

Please do putin! Thin out your troops even more until they won't fight and die for u anymore.

astrodad6.bsky.social•181 days ago

Putin wouldn't be happy till he gets all of Ukraine

jukka-p-seppala.bsky.social•181 days ago

🎯

rampanen.bsky.social•181 days ago

Assad's peaceful demise was planned at Astana meetings between Turkey, russia, and Iran. russia was stranded in Ukraine, Iran's top warlords were killed by Israel in Syria, Hezbollah got decapitated by Israel. There was non one left to defend Assad, and the 25% shia muslims against the 75% of sunnis

boudicasal.bsky.social•180 days ago

Agree

presidentgoku.bsky.social•181 days ago

zelensky trying to get some syrian support

richwood.bsky.social•181 days ago

Zelenskyy ‘forgot’ Netanyahu and his accomplices.

simulacron.bsky.social•180 days ago

Yes

blaube.bsky.social•181 days ago

10 things make a good Citizen:
Being a good steward of the Earth
Taking care of property
Respect for one another
Doing good with your talents
Honoring your mother and father
Not stealing
Not murdering
Not coveting
Not bearing false witness
Not committing adultery
Putin is not good citizen

talkwithsaul.bsky.social•181 days ago

I wish we could agree that Bibi is like Assad and Putin is like Joe and shoot all of them. We need more Luigis everywhere so normal people can just go to work worrying about rent and not genocide on all fronts

rojorurba002.bsky.social•180 days ago

Yes

rejfella.bsky.social•181 days ago

I’m sure he’ll want to take revenge. Whether he has the capability though……

brunthebear.bsky.social•181 days ago

maybe. but putin has no more use for assad except as a trading card to try to buy favours from the west.

birdie56.bsky.social•180 days ago

💯

piperspetals1111.bsky.social•180 days ago

Yes, but I also think Assad is now useless baggage to Putin. Putty is a full blown Malignant Narcissist. If you aren’t doing anything to benefit him, he has no use for you. And must be “done away with”. 🪟💉☠️

angelcitystudio.bsky.social•179 days ago

he is useless baggage with billions of dollars that Putin needs.

piperspetals1111.bsky.social•179 days ago

And once Putty gets that money

poetessoprunty.bsky.social•176 days ago

And ... America's incoming president

#NeverForget

seeker46x.bsky.social•181 days ago

Absolutely. That's why Ukraine and Nato forces need to start taking the fight to them while they have the chance and invade Russia.

sig321.bsky.social•181 days ago

To late.
Ukraine got there first.

projectspacetime.bsky.social•180 days ago

One of DJT's important directives - given to him by Putin - is to neuter NATO or end our participation in it.

This is why, once he begins that process, his demise can only come from WITHIN his ranks, not from OUTSIDE it.

the1weasel.bsky.social•181 days ago

Zelensky needs more credit than he gets

eric-de-lille.bsky.social•181 days ago

L'Internationale de la Tyrannie ne se défait pas, puisque leur survie passe par le soutien mutuel contre les peuples, jusque dans le gazage, le massacre, la déportation et le mensonge institutionnel.

sheepstealers.bsky.social•181 days ago

They are biblically evil.

crash1958.bsky.social•181 days ago

100%

veeham60.bsky.social•180 days ago

Assad will find him on the frontlines in Ukraine...and he will deserve it....Prigozhin pops into my mind for some reason...and his fate.

rockymountviews.bsky.social•180 days ago

I am pretty sure that Zelenskyy knows what he is talking about on this subject.

wicountrygigi.bsky.social•180 days ago

Yup & trumpy is in the fold with them & the blessing of Congressional Republicans

blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social•181 days ago

After visually seeing the conditions in that Syrian prison, I'm surprised Putin can even go on camera again.

Regarding revenge, Russia are more likely to attempt to infiltrate new government with gifts and flattery.

Remember, Putin has been in a state of vengeance for years. He's blind.

projectspacetime.bsky.social•180 days ago

Sociopaths don't care about prison conditions.

People in the US are very quickly going to discover that fact HERE when the border prisons are built. And DJT will be on camera every day like clockwork, just like before.

blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social•180 days ago

Lunatics running the asylum.

projectspacetime.bsky.social•180 days ago

Makes perfect sense to me. But if Putin does that he's got a fresh prob. The incoming Syrian 'gov't' are full on fundamentalist Muslims. What they have in mind for that nation will not be pretty no matter who it's sliced. Def not internally.

guineys-mom.bsky.social•180 days ago

Assad and Putin are narcissists. A narcissist's biggest fear is to be shown as a failure. Under this fear, they will do unthinkable things and, if they fail, they blame others. Even if they can do that, they will exact revenge. The failures of these two will push them to revenge.

justmeanybody.bsky.social•181 days ago

Yes. And I worry that Israel is doing its best to disarm the new Syrian Government, serving Iran's interests which is ludicrous. How can they defend themselves against Iran or Russia if Israel takes out all their defense assets?

mlco.bsky.social•181 days ago

Correct

penny-pink.bsky.social•181 days ago

Yes, very much so. He will take his revenge on Syria IMO.

djaasm.bsky.social•181 days ago

Putin should be empaled!

stevethdemocrat.bsky.social•181 days ago

Yep

lindainlight.bsky.social•180 days ago

A Syrian just released from Assad's prison said the guards brought him tea but threw it on the floor, the man used a sponge to soak it up so he could quench his thirst.
Trump may find it hard to defend Putin.

projectspacetime.bsky.social•180 days ago

DJT is a sociopath, too. He will have exactly zero empathy for anyone... except a fellow sociopath.

ljbuckaroo.bsky.social•181 days ago

Zelensky doesn't get the credit he deserves for being right about putin and his thugs. He hasn't been wrong about them once. One place the world needs to focus on so we can deprive putin more is Africa. And Zelensky even knows that by him sending those SF to fight wagner there with the rebels.

wilkins2432.bsky.social•181 days ago

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social’s book Autocracy Inc. examines how and why autocratic regimes collaborate. Worth the read. Definitely not the outcome Putin wanted in Syria, but whether or not he will try to take “revenge” is hard to say.

my2twh.bsky.social•180 days ago

Yes. Pres Zelenskyy has been right about it all

maimuncat.bsky.social•181 days ago

Absolutely, yes.

bevferguson.bsky.social•181 days ago

I think Zelensky understands Putin well. We would be wise to listen to him and support him as he does the heavy lifting.

melloman.bsky.social•181 days ago

Putin has a whole list of plays and he will shuffle them around to suit his mood at the moment. He is just deluded enough to get lost in his own machinations and totally fuck himself, as happened with his plan for Oct 7th.

akevabanshee.bsky.social•181 days ago

Completely, but the question is how. Any ideas what to expect?

ifilipau.bsky.social•181 days ago

Close to half of population are assadists. Collaborators are too many. State building can go in many ways awry - and russia, and others in the region, would be helping this with all their might. TL;DR recovery after many decades of rule based on violence never goes smoothly or without violence.

akevabanshee.bsky.social•181 days ago

Agreed, on all points here. The bottom line is whenever I see putler say he will escalate I press the doubt button. russia is solely focused on Ukraine at the expense of everything else. Their ability to escalate is very limited.

ifilipau.bsky.social•181 days ago

But russian troll farms are never idle, and require much less money. (Now joined by Chinese ones too.) They've elected Trump. They've fucked up German politics. French are saying that they too fucked up French politics. ... Battlefield doesn't decide everything, sadly.

ifilipau.bsky.social•181 days ago

the russia started the war against West before they've even invaded Ukraine. One could right now frame it as 'they are focused solely on Ukraine' since AFAIU one of the main narratives trolls are pushing right now is stopping mil aid to Ukraine. But Ukraine is only a part of their ambition.

aspid.bsky.social•181 days ago

More terror, more civilians bombed and more lies to cover it up.

akevabanshee.bsky.social•181 days ago

Fair point, but putin does that every day, every hour and every minute. What will he change to make this "retaliation" different?

aspid.bsky.social•181 days ago

More ICBMs maybe? A massive bombardment on Damaskus?
Blowing up a NPP in Ukraine?
Who knows

aspid.bsky.social•181 days ago

Called it
https://bsky.app/profile/theukrainianreview.bsky.social/post/3lcxsgljtj22c

freefran.bsky.social•181 days ago

The thing about dictators is that its all narcissistically about themselves; deep down, they completely despise each other!

charisma0528.bsky.social•181 days ago

I agree with President Zelensky.

waterandafter.bsky.social•180 days ago

Over half a million dead Russians in Putin's six day war so far. A navy destroyed by a country that has no navy. I'd like to see Russia having two wars to fight.

margarineman.bsky.social•181 days ago

i smoke baby foreskin

lesanto.bsky.social•181 days ago

Yes.

nkkln.bsky.social•180 days ago

I think that Putin would certainly like to try, but that he is increasingly losing the military and economic power to do so. I hope this is not wishful thinking on my part.

manssearch4meaning.bsky.social•180 days ago

The ruble is rubble. It dropped in value by 7% today. It's a race between Trump taking power and the collapse of the Russian economy.

bamamom.bsky.social•180 days ago

He knows of what he speaks!!!

angelcitystudio.bsky.social•179 days ago

I think Putin set it all up just to get Assad's wire transfer into a Russian bank. He needs the cash!

majorpaincake.bsky.social•181 days ago

Regarding that last part, I think Putin would trade Asad for his naval base in an eye blink

acequiastudios.bsky.social•180 days ago

We support UKRAINE!

seeunthothrside.bsky.social•181 days ago

I'm expecting assad to kill his family and then suicide himself with two bullets in the back of his head.. while jumping out of a window.

asleepinyorkshire.bsky.social•181 days ago

The Kremlin is a petri dish for dictators. Sadly Pres Zelensky is correct. Putin/Russia/The Kremlin haven't left Syria for good. At some point in the future, be it near or more likely far, they will return. In the meantime Putin will continue to threaten, intimidate & murder in Ukraine & Georgia

imnotjack.bsky.social•181 days ago

He's probably right. Someone once said that Putin will probably "accidentally" instigate NATO Article 5 because he'd rather lose to the world than lose embarrassingly to lil ole Ukraine

mojochefjeff.bsky.social•180 days ago

I do agree. This is another reason why the 2024 US election results were so devastating. Having an autocrat "Ruling" the wealthiest, most armed nation in the world bolsters the resolve of other autocrats and dictators and fortifies their regimes.

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