Kirby: [Putin] knows his military is underperforming... he's trying to shore up his domestic base

[Rhiannon12866]

Jonathan Capehart and John Kirby discuss Vladimir Putin's visit to Mariupol, Ukraine in the face of the ICC arrest warrant for international war crimes, Chinese President Xi's impending visit to Moscow and the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War. - The Sunday Show - MSNBC - Aired on 03/19/2023.

[kimbutgar]

1. Watching the navaldy doc on streaming

So true !

[brer cat]

2. I enjoy Jonathan Capehart. I'm not familiar with John Kirby

but he seemed to know his subject. I hope the "under performing" of the Russian military will lead to enough pressure on Putin to stop this madness. His ego is enormous, but surely he is smart enough to know sometimes you have to stop digging in the hole.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Given his behavior thus far - in the face of the massive casualties, defeats and the pushback

He's received from the entire Western World, I can't see him backing down, admitting defeat. And the Russian people are the losers here, it's up to them now to deal with Putin, but their history (Stalin, Khrushchev) does not bode well.