Back in 2012 many believed the end was near. Like me, does anyone else think they were just ten years too soon?

[Snsl153]

The rumour is going around at the moment that the Russian president is seriously ill, that he perhaps has cancer. If true this is extremely worrying, because in his mind he may come to believe that since he'll die soon anyway he may as well bring the rest of the world with him into the afterlife. Tyrants with too much power sometimes get that way, and although I believe that the current habit that many have to compare the leader they don't like to Adolf Hitler is childish and ridiculous, it is a well-known fact that at the end of his career, when he was cornered and trapped in the bunker, if he'd had the means to do so he would have dragged the rest of the world down with him.
Vlad Putin probably feels cornered. His war in Ukraine isn't going according to plan, there appears to be no way out of the mess that he created, ordinary Russians are starting to turn against him, his own closest advisors are starting to disappear or are winding up dead in mysterious circumstances, his generals in Ukraine are being picked off one by one by snipers, he's already put his own nuclear forces on alert, there is more military activity in and around Taiwan, the Israelis and Arabs are killing each other again, the cost of everything is skyrocketing, and... I could go on, and on, and on. The 2020's has turned out to be a real disappointment, in so many ways, and I'm wondering what will be next.

[Red_Arrow]

Putin is crazy. He declared that Ukraine was becoming aggressive toward Russia and proceeded to bomb the hell out of Ukraine. What important military objectives is he bombing? Churches, schools, apartments, and hospitals. His military is using chemical weapons and bombs that explode sending tiny slivers that pierce the civilians and kill them. His army hunts and kills civilians every chance they get. He has already lost much of his army and many important officers. In many ways he is losing the war. So it would not be surprising at all if he should use nuclear warfare next. But I believe that would be the breaking point when the rest of the world will let loose on Russia. Could actions against Russia start WWIII? No. Putin would have already started it. Many Russians see his lies as lies. But he quickly incarcerates or kills them. And many Russians are fooled and believe him. But when he hits that breaking point, all hell will be unleashed against Russia! If the Russians cannot do something to get rid of him, most of them will suffer with him.

[Anonymous]

I heard the same rumor as you and I had the same thoughts. If Putin has nothing to lose, what would keep him from pressing the button? I think at this point our only hope is that someone close to him puts a bullet in his head.
Because if they don't they're all going to die too.