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Russia is a much smaller threat than the Soviet Union, if bases was not needed during the Cold War, they are definitely not needed now.
by tored 5y ago
Russia is a much smaller threat than the Soviet Union, if bases was not needed during the Cold War, they are definitely not needed now.
- mike_d 5y agoRussia is effectively a criminal enterprise cosplaying as a nation state. Putin is going to die in the next 20 years and create a massive power vacuum. What you'll end up with is a dozen or so "rightful heirs" with some level of control over the military and nuclear arsenals.
- hulitu 5y ago> Russia is effectively a criminal enterprise cosplaying as a nation state. There are a lot of states which are criminal enterprises, US included. There is really no reason for a country like Danemark to bend to US .
- G3rn0ti 5y agoWell, Denmark is a member of NATO which is dominated by the US. As sb else argued deciding what weapons to buy and from whom has strong political inclinations. If Denmark would buy their equipment from Russia they couldn’t stay with the NATO in the long run.
- hulitu 5y agoBuying weapons is one thing. Giving data about your country and your citizens to another country is something terrible. When i buy a TV from you, you don't get the right to spy on my family. (i know samsung, google and other companies would dissagree)
- mmmmmbop 5y agoBy what definition is Russia a nation state?
- seszett 5y agoI think that term is used in the US to mean basically "country". It's often used for multinational states, so I don't think it has to be taken literally.
- coldtea 5y agoRussia is effectively a country powerful enough to want sovereignity but powerless to be able to enforce its will outside even in its immediate borders (compare to the US which enforces its will globally). Putin is a strongman that aside from keeping local "oligarchs" happy, has raised incredibly Russian's GDP and economy from when he got in power, and reverted the "sell everything to the highest foreign bidder" course that Yeltsin was praised for. That's the problem with Putin, not his rule, that annoys the west - which is also why they never have a problem with allies that do the same or worse. Pinochet was celebrated by the west, and accomondated by the UK until his last days, for example. Ditto for rich journalist-killing oil heirs, and so on.
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- tored 5y agoWhich country is the most likely to fall apart within the next 20 years based on current affairs, US or Russia?