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Wounded Bear

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4. Russia's desires have not changed a lot in a couple of centuries...

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 09:55 PM

Jan 2017

they want to be a player on the big boy stage. They haven't been able to regain the raw power of the Soviet Union, so they are doing their best to destroy western liberal democracies and bring the West down to their level.

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Putin's Revenge (II) [View all] ffr Jan 2017 OP

the western nations should have done more to help russia JI7 Jan 2017 #1

We tried for a little while lapfog_1 Jan 2017 #2

yes. he was drunk the whole time JI7 Jan 2017 #3

Russia's desires have not changed a lot in a couple of centuries... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #4

And now that we're married to Putin's dealings via naive tRump, we need to bone up ffr Jan 2017 #5