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That's actually not true. Russia has shown they have tendencies towards nationalism and imperialism. USA is fine with the globalism that is taking place, and h
by mowenz 9y ago
That's actually not true.
Russia has shown they have tendencies towards nationalism and imperialism. USA is fine with the globalism that is taking place, and has no problem flexing muscle abroad when it feels like it, i.e. profit motives for Iraq War, perceived threats against Germany if they provided Snowden asylum, CIA drug and weapons selling schemes for political or economic motives--i.e. Iran Contra or Gary Webb or US funding ISIS in Syria. None of this was ever to annex territory.
Last year the US dropped over 26,000 bombs. Zero territory gained.
The most bombed and devastated country in the history of the earth is... Laos. Definitely not for territory.
The plutocracy in the US simply would not attack Sweden because it does not need to do that to achieve their goals.
Even when it comes to torturing people, Sweden does this at the behest of the US--HRW has heavily criticized Sweden for this.
Why would the US invade such an obedient country? It's actually incredibly unlikely.
Russia on the other hand would take Scandanavia in an instance if it had the capability.
The biggest hope Russia has now is global warming. It appears to disrupt most of the world negatively while increasing water passages and even likely arable land in Russia.
- pm90 9y agoYeah but they have a demographic crisis on hand for Pete's sake. Who will farm all that newly arable land if there is nobody left? I say that only slightly in jest, if there are no young Russians to support/replenish the ones leaving the workforce, the country will be in big big trouble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_crisis_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_crisis_of_Russia
- aquadrop 9y ago> Russia has shown they have tendencies towards nationalism and imperialism "That's actually not true" > Russia on the other hand would take Scandanavia in an instance if it had the capability. No, not any person in Russia has thoughts like this. That's not even a topic for a discussion because nobody can think of such a thing. > Why would the US invade such an obedient country? It's actually incredibly unlikely. Incredibly unlikely scenario: Assange returns to Sweden and start publishing materials about trump through Wikileaks. Sweden doesn't give him out. Trump orders marines to take him out by force. Yeah, I know it's pretty crazy unlikely, that's the point :) > The biggest hope Russia has now is global warming. It appears to disrupt most of the world negatively while increasing water passages and even likely arable land in Russia. Russia can't even use current water passages capabilities.
- strictnein 9y ago>> Russia has shown they have tendencies towards nationalism and imperialism > "That's actually not true" It's not true in so much as Russia simply isn't powerful enough to be an imperial power.
- eveningcoffee 9y ago>> Russia has shown they have tendencies towards nationalism and imperialism "That's actually not true" What about wide spread usage of George ribbons? What about cries about loosing Soviet territories? What about Nacy movement? What about constant shit talk in media? Etc, etc. My observations are that Russia is spiralling into madness comparable to 1930 Germany. It is perhaps difficult to see while being inside of it but the sign are clearly observable from the outside. I really wish that it is not like this. It is really saddening to observe this.
- lambdadmitry 9y agoThat madness spiral is sort of obvious for a sizable part of Russian population (hundreds thousands to single millions I would say), mostly new young (think millenials/Z) urban middle class. So there is a rift in the society, and there is hope that it's big enough to prevent whatever bad may come.