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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Sweden survived because of neutrality. Should war break out, they will be destroyed in 15 minutes.

Only if it is a "mutually assured destruction" event. In that case, Russia will also be destroyed.

Russia has become a "petroleum state". It can afford a corrupt government because it is propped up by its production of oil, and because it has grown used to corrupt, authoritarian government for over a hundred years.

It does not have the population or industrial resources to invade and conquer Europe in a conventional war. However, it could cause immense destruction and insane waste (as it is currently doing in Ukraine) in an attempt to conquer Europe.

18 posted on 02/26/2024 8:52:15 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: marktwain
"Russia has become a "petroleum state". It can afford a corrupt government because it is propped up by its production of oil, and because it has grown used to corrupt, authoritarian government for over a hundred years."

From the 1870s until 1950, nearly 80s years, America was a "petroleum state" and that led to the creation of the American middle class and unparalleled prosperity. The murderous, leftist fanatics running this country want to destroy a Russia, because it isn't globohomo and it looks to surpass the United States in wealth and power.

69 posted on 02/26/2024 10:29:38 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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