Is Putin a paper tiger?

Question

more input please.

Answer 1

No.A paper tiger looks impressive but when put to the test, is incapable of  action and can only bluster. There may have been a paper tiger in Georgia but it wasn't Russia.

Answer 2

Putin is an old school KGB guy you don't want any of that.

Answer 3

No, I think he is a bad dude. I think the speed with which the Russian army reacted to the situation in Georgia shows a much stronger army than the one that was kicked around in Chechnya a decade ago.

Answer 4

Nope.

Feel free to poke the bear.

Ask Georgia about it first for safety sake.

Answer 5

If he had been he's have lost in Georgia and NATO and the U.S. wouldn't be sitting around looking totally ineffectual.  Right now is appears to be the most effective single leader in Europe, at least he knows what he's trying to do, and has made progress in accomplishing it, which is more than you can say for most of them.

Answer 6

I would not bet on it . His aim is to kick butt and restore the Russian Empire .

Answer 7

He can take on a nation the size of S. Carolina (Georgia), but Russia's military is vastly outdated and poorly maintained compared to the US and NATO militaries and arsenals. But I do not doubt his exceedingly bad intentions and willingness to take back the Soviet Union one country at a time if we let him.

Answer 8

The people and troops in Georgia certainly didn't think so.

Answer 9

he's a throwback to the days when cronyism ran the gamut in russia.

Answer 10

He does have a lot of nuclear weapons