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Wounded Bear

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2. It's not just Russia and Putin...

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Fri Mar 3, 2017, 01:43 AM

Mar 2017

if you think about it, this whole mess is based on the Russian oil. That's really all that Russia has that anybody wants.

This is also the last gasp of the Petrofascists trying to keep the world economy in thrall to them. Kill the demand for oil, and Putin has nothing.

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What will our relationship with Russia look like [View all] ProudLib72 Mar 2017 OP

Back to where we were in 19??? elleng Mar 2017 #1

It's not just Russia and Putin... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #2

Yes ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #4

+1 truebluegreen Mar 2017 #6

I do not think Russia will be able to get rid of Putin. Doreen Mar 2017 #3

I assume the deep state and the MIC truebluegreen Mar 2017 #5