The Russian president views the prospect of an army returning en masse as a potential risk he wants carefully managed to avoid destabilising society, three sources close to the Kremlin said.
Not the adjective I would choose. He has good reason to be fearful - both personally and for his country, which makes it personal again. That has nothing to do with intelligence, it’s a lizard brain thing.
It also isn’t like he had a wise premonition here; many convicts already returned and they are already “destabilising society”.
Smart man
Not the adjective I would choose. He has good reason to be fearful - both personally and for his country, which makes it personal again. That has nothing to do with intelligence, it’s a lizard brain thing.
It also isn’t like he had a wise premonition here; many convicts already returned and they are already “destabilising society”.
Yeah, more like “brief moment of self awareness”