David Petraeus: Prigozhin ‘Should Be Very Careful Around Open Windows’

EXCERPT:

PETRAEUS: "Well, I think clearly Putin is weakened. His government is weakened. The irony is that his junior partner in Belarus, Lukashenko, had to bail him out of this. Prigozhin kept his life, but lost his Wagner Group. And he should be very careful around open windows in his new surroundings in Belarus, where he's going. Clearly, Prigozhin lost his nerve. He was, as you noted earlier, within roughly two hours' drive of the outskirts of Moscow, where they were starting to prepare defensive positions. This rebellion, although it had some applause along the way, didn't appear to be generating the kind of support that he had hoped it would. And, again, he decided to take the deal. He gave up this effort. So, a stunning series of developments. In the meantime, Putin fled Moscow, reportedly, didn't stay around, and we haven't seen anything of Putin's minister of defense or chief of the general staff, Shoigu and Gerasimov. So, again, clearly, I think the government has been shaken. Putin has been shaken personally. This makes him more vulnerable, arguably, than he has at any time in his two-decade rule of the Russian Federation.“

(Via Breitbart)