Antony Blinken, the war-hungry U.S. Secretary of State, went on four talk shows on Sunday, to say essentially the same thing. “We’ve seen more cracks emerge in the Russian façade,” he told audiences. “We’ve seen this aggression against Ukraine become a strategic failure across the board.” In fact, “everything Putin has tried to accomplish, the opposite has happened.” And now there are “profound internal divisions.” (NBC, CNN, ABC, and CBS, respectively)
Not content to publish just one commentary on Putin’s supposedly precarious situation, the Washington Post called on eight writers to weigh in. Moon of Alabama compiled some of the most absurd claims.
“Rather than test the loyalty and strength of government forces to crush the uprising, the Russian leader grabbed the first exit he was offered — a sign of weakness that might invite another attempt.” Sure: the resolution of the entire situation within 48 hours, with little bloodshed, and without any major political figure backing Prigozhin over Putin — all that is a “sign of weakness"?
“The revolt by the mercenary butcher Prigozhin did reveal Putin’s regime to be more brittle than it had appeared from afar,” said another writer. The mutiny “has clearly dented his image of control.”
