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> Tensions between China and USA will increase, but will decrease between USA and Russia. Unlikely. Biden once said to putin directly that "he had no soul".
by dnautics 6y ago
> Tensions between China and USA will increase, but will decrease between USA and Russia.
Unlikely. Biden once said to putin directly that "he had no soul".
- ugh123 6y agoBut will he have the balls to do anything about it? He'll have too many domestic issues in the next 4 years to deal with
- whatshisface 6y agoAll evidence points towards US foreign policy being set by an enigmatic autopilot known to us only as "the civil service."
- bsenftner 6y agodon't you mean "an enigmatic autopilot known as the neocon agenda"?
- ykevinator 6y agoIt's not balls, it's sobriety. How can we sober up the fox news people?
- nealabq 6y agoAnd Putin looked Biden in the eye, smiled, and said "So, we understand each other."
- NetOpWibby 6y agoReally?! That’s stone cold.
- epicureanideal 6y agoApparently it’s true. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-biden-idUSKBN0FQ1CU20140721 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-biden-idUSKBN0... > "I said, 'Mr. Prime Minister, I'm looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul,'" Biden told the magazine. "He looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, 'We understand one another.'"
- NetOpWibby 6y agoThat just gave me chills.
- JackFr 6y agoAnd then everyone on line behind him applauded. The source is Joe Biden. There is absolutely no way that actually went down as he described it.
- bsenftner 6y agoSmart reply; this is in the context of international negotiations - Putin's response is the correct response for Biden's little attack: it takes his statement of defect and turns it into a statement a power. That is astute.
- majewsky 6y agoThat reminds me of a one-line summary of the Cold War: "The Americans play Poker. The Russians play Chess."