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The point was to keep Russia and China from teaming up against us. We — or rather, our rulers — blew it. Now we are wasting money on a war that could have been prevented, and China is picking up client states around the world.

[Kazan]

Russia didn't have to be our enemy. That's the point. Our political class and oligarchs wanted to turn Russia into what Ukraine has been for them -- a corrupt nation that they could go and launder money it. Putin wouldn't allow it and his people to suffer.

If we had been fair with Russia, they could have been our allies or, at least, friendly trade partners. Now, thanks to Biden, Victoria Nuland and the neocons and their desire for a proxy war with Russia, Russia has aligned with China and BRICS and de-dollarization have accelerated.