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From: Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
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Subject: Re: Russia's Potemkin power
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:51:32 +0000
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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/>
>> 
>> 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!)
>> 
>> Then, goes, hat in hand, to China for help.  "Here,
>> Vlad, come sit on my lap...".  Then, to NKorea.
>
>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!

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