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guillaumeb

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2. Excellent points.

Reply to Xolodno (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 3, 2022, 11:29 AM

Feb 2022

My view, shared by many, is that NATO was always intended to be a power alliance directed against Russian expansion.

And the US, having over 700 overseas bases, surrounds Russia.

There is no doubt that Putin is a thug, and essentially if not actually a part of the Russian Mafiya, but the world knows that the US always uses power if diplomacy does not work to achieve the interests of the rich.

Diplomacy is the velvet covering the iron fist.

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You'll get many who will say... Xolodno Feb 2022 #1

Excellent points. guillaumeb Feb 2022 #2

To correct you a bit, NATO was an alliance to stop Soviet expansionism. Xolodno Feb 2022 #3

"And the US, having over 700 overseas bases, surrounds Russia." EX500rider Feb 2022 #4