Posted on 10/08/2022 7:23:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Russia is a barbaric society where the best thugs rule.
Russia was capable of producing Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy. Now it produces thugs.
It was a barbaric society back then. It is a barbaric society today. It just happens that they are capable of coming up with excellent literature and appreciation for ballet. It does not mean they are civilized.
This sort of crackdown would likely increase resistance, not decrease it.
..... Well, increased flight out of Russia is a distinct possibility, too. But Pooty can probably minimize that if he finds it a problem.
“while some Russian expansionists talk about expanding further, into the Baltics, Poland, Hungary and Serbia) is falling for a deep state rope-a-dope.”
EXACTLY!
However, the world is now realizing this:
First, Russia came for Transnistria, Moldova in 1990 and we did not speak out—because I was not a Moldavian.
Then, Russia came for Georgia in 2008, and we did not speak out—because I was not a Georgian.
Then, Russia came for the Crimean peninsula and the Donbas of Ukraine, and we ARE NOW SPEAKING OUT—because RUSSIA MUST STOP INVASIONS of sovereign nations!
If not stopped then, Russia will come for non-NATO & Ex- Soviet States: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan BelarusCyprus, Estonia Finland, Ireland, Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania, Malta, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
—And in April, 2022, Russian Brigadier General Rustam Minnekayev directed by Putin said: ”RUSSIA is now at WAR with the whole world, as it [was] in the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR.”
There is no one no ally left in Europe to speak for the U.S.A.:
And, now to counter Russian aggression has become far too expensive for the U.S. to defeat this renewed Russian Superpower.
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