>>535647231
He almost won, I don't really think it was so bad. It all kind of collapsed at the end but until then the world was graudally accepting his victory and he was being invited back to international events and shit. I think it's an entirely respectable performance considering how stacked against him it all was

The history section at my library has a book published about 6 months before his fall about how he won and managed to hold onto power. I think I'll give it a read sometime.

>>535647231
he trusted putin

>>535647231
he nearly fell far earlier where it not for Russia and Iran offering him vast amounts of support especially in the form of proxies, which is also why the moment neither could spare any additional support did the entire thing collapse quickly

>>535647231
If Russia didn't invade Ukraine and get bogged down there, they would have kept his regime propped up.

>>535647231
His army was a joke full of incompetent retards
They were riding behind either wagner or iranians and claiming victories for themselves which furthermore entrenched retarded officers

>>535647231
Greed.
Iran gave him money to build his army, he pocketed the money and played vidya.
While relying on some malnourished troops that flipped at the first real danger