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If Putin blew Prigozhin out of the sky, this is his shot at his generals. "Don't fuck with me."
It may, instead, push them to blow HIM up.
@mcfate One would think. Condottieri don't take kindly to their paymaster being offed.
@LiberalLibrarian The first threats from whatever's left of Wagner.
@RationalLeft Angry men with guns and military training not under state control is a recipe for, well, the cessation of the state regime.
@LiberalLibrarian And of course right-wingers want it here, with their fantasy of MAGA-aligned private armies replacing the US Army.
Israel is directly flirting with the idea by promising a private militia to nutjob Ben Gvir.
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He may also have several thousand annoyed Wagner Group mercenaries on his hands.