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  • Is a US-Russia War Becoming Inevitable?

    07/14/2022 9:22:31 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 120 replies
    Townhall ^ | Pat Buchanan
    At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for Finland? If Russian President Vladimir Putin breaches the 830-mile Finnish border, the United States will rise to Helsinki's defense and fight Russia on Finland's side. What does Finland's membership in NATO mean for America? If Putin makes a military move into Finland, the U.S. will go to war against the world's largest nation with an arsenal of between 4,500 and 6,000 battlefield and strategic nuclear weapons. No Cold War president would have dreamed of making such a commitment -- to risk the...
  • Putin Not the Master Tactician We Thought He Was

    07/14/2022 12:47:44 PM PDT · by SpeedyInTexas · 65 replies
    The Defense Post ^ | 14-JUL-2022 | ANDREW LEONARD
    Throughout his 20-plus year rule, Vladimir Putin has consolidated power through graft, intimidation, manipulation of the Russian legal system, and forcefully silencing critics. Putin’s ability to sustain subservience and loyalty to his authority is no small feat, especially in a political culture of ruthless power politics. His reputation as a master tactician abroad has also been carefully cultivated, if not exaggerated.