Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Russia - unstable; North Korea - threatening Date:   6/27/2023 12:57:14 PM

Russia never fails to disappoint in their ability to make news.  Timely news at that given the release of the additional evidence that Biden and his crack addict son were selling access to the administration for big bucks.  I seriously doubt you could get a life insurance policy on Prigozhin unless you are willing to pay a premium equal to the coverage.  As for me, I remain skeptical about the whole thing.  If it is true that Putin gave amnesty to all involved it is indeed a very strange outcome.  I go back and forth as to whether this is evidence that Putin may be losing control but one thing I know for sure, if anyone claims they know that whoever will replace him is better they are a complete fool.  There are a lot of ardent nationalists in the Kremlin that advocate using tactical nukes in Ukraine.  Putin is bad but we have zero proof that his replacement will not be worse.....possibly much worse.  Sometimes it is better to have the devil you know.

As for the Norks, I have no idea what Kim Jong Mentally Un is thinking but he routinely rattles his saber but so far has not been crazy enough to act on them.  He surely realizes that if he actually uses a nuke the U.S. will turn that country into a field of radioactive obsidian.  So here's hoping that he doesn't actually do something so foolish.  But this is an abject lesson as to why we can't let Iran go nuclear.  They are run by a bunch of Muslim fanatics that may actually not care what happens.