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Russia is a one-trick petrostate that has been stuck in a three-year quagmire of a land war against the poorest country in Europe (that is a quarter its size).
by vkou 1y ago
Russia is a one-trick petrostate that has been stuck in a three-year quagmire of a land war against the poorest country in Europe (that is a quarter its size).
- rolandog 1y agoCompletely agree... though I wouldn't underestimate them: Their main strength, I'd argue, comes from their very successful use of the Firehose Of Falsehood (effectively managing to make the US self-own itself by turbocharging neoliberalism, among other things). They "James-Bond-Villain'd" the US (announced how they'd "take over the world") 28 years ago [0], and... well... look how that's going. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
- vkou 1y agoNothing there seems to be dramatically different from the sort of wankery produced by think tanks like PNAC and their ilk. And it's not like the US or the UK or the USSR have ever shied away from using soft power to destabilize other countries. The game everyone's playing is not that different, and Ivan isn't making some 400 IQ move in it.