Are you judging Zelensky's firing of a general using approval ratings?
Nope, just assessing the political risk of doing so with him running against Zelensky in an upcoming election. Growing up the General wanted to be a comedian, maybe he wants to be president too. This guy is about the only person who could run against Zelensky and win, hence the popularity numbers.
I once had a friend who would rather say something foolish than think.
He is the only one who could beat Zelensky in an election, try dealing with that fact first.
I'm still musing on the foolish notion that approval polls, especially two high approval ratings, are predictive of election results or have value in discussing the political implications of Zelensky firing the general in charge of the military's response. I would think that the effectiveness of the general Zelensky chooses to replace him would be more important than some goofy polls.
Pundits more familiar with the situation than me have been speculating on this, the general announced he would retire and that would be the first step in a liberal democracy to running for political office. Several parties would be as eager to scoop him up like the republicans did with Eisenhower and tried with McArthur before him. He is a popular war hero and so far, out polls Zelensky, but he is a patriot and will not divide the nation in a time of war and elections have been suspended for a while. He might be an even worse alternative for Putin than Zelensky, both are good choices and men from what I can see, and both did a good job against impossible odds. We will see, but Zelensky recognizes the political danger and is offering him another job, there is plenty he could do and probably will.
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