Putin Is Paying the Price of His Never-ending War

Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts

Key points of Putin’s address to nation over PMC Wagner coup attempt

https://www.rt.com/russia/578601-recap-putin-address-wagner-coup/

Putin is responsible for this, because he has let a conflict continue for 16 months that should have ended in one week.  But Putin wanted to avoid being labeled an aggressor and confined combat to the Russian Donbass.  He got the label regardless, and created a situation of an ever-widening war that he has been fighting with a private military group who are tired of the no-win situation Putin has created by his pretense that it is a “limited military operation.”

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