Re: Russia's Potemkin power

On 4/11/2024 11:51 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 17:39:16 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
wrote:
 

On 11/3/2024 5:26 PM, Don Y wrote:

<https://mwi.westpoint.edu/russias-potemkin-army/>
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First Vlad begs covid test kits from Trump (gee, makes
you wonder how good the russian vaccine was if they
can't even TEST for the disease!)
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Then, goes, hat in hand, to China for help.  "Here,
Vlad, come sit on my lap...".  Then, to NKorea.

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And, let's not forget Iran!

 And let's also not forget that Russia isn't fighting Ukraine alone,
but all the countries who've supplied arms and training to Zelensky.
IOW, an undeclared war with NATO effectively. I'd say that makes
seeking a bit of external assistance entirely justifiiable!

You would, but you are a gullible twit. More perceptive observers note that Russia invaded Ukraine, and NATO is merely supporting the Ukrainian efforts to repel that invasion.
We all know why Russia invaded the Ukraine - the country was being run well enough by Zelensky and his ministers to highlight how corrupt and incompetent Putin's regime is.
The best is the enemy of the good - though Putin's Russian regime doesn't even make it to mediocre.

It must be humiliating to have turned his country
into a second (third?) world power in such a short time!

And humiliated people do lash out.

One wonders when China will start eyeing their neighbor
to the north with the idea of acquiring some additional
*chinese* real estate (using Russia's argument re: Ukraine
as justification)?

Who would want the bits of Russia immediately adjacent to China?
--
Bill Sloman, Sydney