[kittymyrib]

Rattle that saber, Putin, and imagine that you matter. The Chinese know that Russia is on the way to being extinct, and they have plenty of people who will move in on your territory. You are marked for the “ash heap of history,” in the prescient words of Ronald Reagan.

[Don Joe]

Rattle that saber, Putin, and imagine that you matter.

Um, I hate to break it to you, but with Russia's massive nuclear arsenal (being beefed up as we speak), he matters.

We live in perilous times.

The instability of the pre-WWI era, the brutality of the WWII era, and the massive overkill of the Cold War era. What a lovely mix, if you like that sort of thing.

I don't.

[Polybius]

Rattle that saber, Putin, and imagine that you matter. The Chinese know that Russia is on the way to being extinct, and they have plenty of people who will move in on your territory. You are marked for the “ash heap of history,” in the prescient words of Ronald Reagan.

Nukes are the only way the Russians can keep China at bay.

Russia Losing Battle in Population Growth to Disease, Low Birth Rates