[dp0622]

There were some posts on here last year saying “God Please Bless Putin” :)

I am Glad that he hit ISIS until we got a real president to take care of it.

I’m glad that he knows that Russia needs Christianity in it to survive, though I don’t think at all that he believes.

And I think worse could be in charge over there.

Perhaps he is more of a nationalist than a communist now, but not the way we use the word.

I say respect him to an extant, work with him when you can, but Never trust him and Always Know what what he is.

A man whose enemies don’t stay alive too long too often

[NorseViking]

“” “” A man whose enemies don’t stay alive too long too often””” “
And you think so because George Soros and a British government says so.

[Zhang Fei]

[Perhaps he is more of a nationalist than a communist now, but not the way we use the word.]

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Communists are nationalist-imperialists like everyone else. Communism is just the justification for the party retaining the absolute powers of kingship. Think of how the Warsaw Pact countries were Soviet provinces in all but name, with leaders that the Russians disapproved of routinely removed, provided they had a substantial military presence in-country. Think of how China invaded Mongolia and Tibet. Think of how Vietnam invaded Cambodia and almost incorporated it as a province.

[Zhang Fei]

The current problem with Russia, for its neighbors and US interests, is the same as the problem it presented during era of the Tsars and the Communists - its relentless appetite for territorial expansion ever since Dmitry Donskoy threw off the Mongol yoke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Donskoy

It’s the same problem that China presents to the world. Every single time China has been strong, it has attempted to add to its possessions. This impulse for personal aggrandizement via territorial conquest is unique to neither country - the Assyrians, Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Aztecs, Mayans, British, French, et al all had their moments. The difference with the Chinese and the Russians is that their empires are still standing, and they have a long track record of successfully acquiring and incorporating conquests into their realm. And more importantly - they are still around to throw their weight around.