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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLooking like Putin wrote a check his army can't cover.
I hope China doesnt quietly try to bail him out.
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Looking like Putin wrote a check his army can't cover. (Original Post)
MLAA
Mar 2022
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live love laugh
(16,263 posts)1. Dictators don't have loyal armies.
LastDemocratInSC
(4,225 posts)3. That's a good point.
If the tyrant doesn't like their performance the soldiers can be at risk the same way their enemy is at risk.
lapfog_1
(31,779 posts)2. I think the Chinese will be "supportive at a distance"
after all, they have a lot of investments in Ukraine that the Russians are currently blowing up
MLAA
(19,678 posts)4. Thanks for the info, I didn't know that 🙂
