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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
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Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb
The thing that gets me is that while ordianery Russians are living on the brink of poverty, Putin is more concerned about starting a new arms race than looking after the welfare of his nations citizens. Has the West nuked Russia? NO! So why the frak should he be worried about us? He should be looking down toward the Russian/Chinese boarder, that is where the real problem is. New nuclear subs, new missiles, aircraft (hell they can't even get half of their air force in the air they rely on tourism to pay for flights in foxbats!).
Putin needs to be kicked out of power, Yeltsin must be turning in his grave. Putin's Russia is becoming more oppressive every day, freedom of speach is a thing of the past for Russians now, as is hosting peacful demonstrations, they're arrested before they even get there. I also understand that the US is upsetting the balance of power (both politically and militarily), but Putin needs to face the facts. The West hasn't attacked Russia and has no interest/motive for doing so. History has shown that things only ever got close to war when the Soviets started getting too big for their own boots.
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Unfortunately, if you ask the citizens of many countries, they would rather be powerful than prosperous.
I mean, despite 50 years of trying to discredit him, Stalin is still amazingly popular in Russia.
India, Pakistan, China, North Korea, and even the United States although we are so rich the effect is well hidden. As Ike said, 1 destroyer = housing for 8000 people.
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