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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Russia's Potemkin power
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 17:39:16 -0700
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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!

> 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)?
>