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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: Russia's Potemkin power
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 14:53:16 +1100
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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/>
>>>
>>> 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!

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