[unclebankster]

Because appeasing dictators always ends well.

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It depends on the dictator.

Burning up cash on interests on the periphery of our empire, is something that never ends well for any empire.

[Boogieman]

“Burning up cash on interests on the periphery of our empire, is something that never ends well for any empire.”

Good thing the West is not an empire then. But Russia still is, so your rule isn’t great for their prospects if true.

[buwaya]

This is actually at the center of “our empire”. Precisely the issue at the center of the “Pax Americana”.

Russia and China are the principal military threats to the world order, and I mean that in a good way.