Is it out of the realm of possibility that Putin's been drinking his own Kool-Aid?

His angle of the people of Ukraine being "oppressed by neonazis" I mean?

Like, did he actually think he was going to roll up in there as a liberator that was greeted with flowers and vodkas all 'round?

'Cause it would at least be a semi-plausible way for me to understand how it is that Russia - of all countries - hasn't accomplished a lot more. Not to mention the dozens of documented, but still alleged, war crimes.

Like, if they thought the "liberated" Ukranian people would just be bringing them gas cans and sandwiches, then who needs logistics, right?
Who needs a command structure?

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IDK if any of you read the transcript of Putin's TV speech. Ong's pretty right about the way he talks about NATO and just randomly flings shit at the US. Also I think ong did mention the hypocrisy of the US running around invading places and installing puppet gov'ts and Putin's indirect allusions to using nukes were pinned onto a statement that went (paraphrasing)
"Look, the US did it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc., and it pissed me off, but I did not act like a bitch about it. Now I take Ukraine and you wont be a bitch about it. Reminder, I have nukes, so you can't just invade me like you did those other nations."


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My version of Putin is way better than irl Putin.