West in ‘denial’ about Vladimir Putin who is ‘now more powerful than Stalin’, says ex-defence minister

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/west-denial-vladimir-putin-now-073500922.html

by Bgrdfino

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  1. >Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood has said the West is in “denial” about Vladimir Putin, who “is now more powerful than Stalin”.

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    >The senior Tory MP said he agreed with his colleague James Heappey that the UK [**should consider sending troops**](https://news.sky.com/story/james-heappey-says-uk-should-consider-sending-troops-to-ukraine-but-away-from-the-frontline-13113265) to Ukraine to give training to the armed forces in their war against Russia.

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    >Mr Ellwood said the UK had “done well to support Ukraine” but what’s happening is “very worrying”.

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    >”No one doubts that the world’s feeling ever more dangerous, but we dare not contemplate where history is taking us,” he told Sky News.

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    >”Our adversaries, including Russia, particularly Russia, are moving their economies, their industries, to a war footing. But the West is largely in denial.”

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    >He added Putin is “now the most powerful leader in Europe”, comparing him to former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin.

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    >”He’s removed all his opposition voices. He’s pivoted his entire economy away from Europe to China and Iran.

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    >”And he’s now more powerful than Stalin and in plain sight. His goal is to emulate his hero, Stalin, not to replicate the old Soviet Union, but the old Russian Empire.”

    >Mr Ellwood was the defence minister between 2017-2019 and before becoming an MP served in the armed forces.

  2. Yeah, no. Mr Ellwood presumably means in the sense of having absolute control over his country (in comparison to Stalin who had the Politburo to contend with), but Stalin’s power in the sense of his ability to threaten the rest of Europe was vastly greater.

  4. He’s only powerful because people let him be powerful. If we stopped, he wouldn’t be.

  5. Note, it’s always “ex” & “former” before some options. 🤔

  6. We could have fucked their shit up this winter but we got fucked by congress who is at the point komprimised.

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