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Topic	We not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot 09/21/22 3:23:48 PM #25:	KodyKeir posted... Former Soviet Bloc states and regions within Russia itself could see this as an opportunity to push their own domestic agendas that could further destabilize the region. True: Putin used to be somewhat valuable as a relatively stable thug in comparison to other post-Soviet bad options. But as an unstable, war-starting, nuclear-war-threatening thug he has to go: regional destabilization be damned. KodyKeir posted... Putin was never the mastermind Agreed KodyKeir posted... former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was Um...well, that's a stretch. I can agree he added to the trend. In the big picture what happened is that the world forgot the lessons of WWII and became lazy and less vigilant in guarding against authoritarian/other threats. It was/is unfortunately inevitable as nobody bothers to understand human nature or history; people unfortunately need to learn the hard way once per lifetime or so. It's mostly a matter of how bad it gets... --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. <cite>wpot posted [p:968199218] in We not gon... [t:80173166]...</cite> <quote>KodyKeir posted... </cite><quote>Former Soviet Bloc states and regions within Russia itself could see this as an opportunity to push their own domestic agendas that could further destabilize the region.</quote>True: Putin used to be somewhat valuable as a relatively stable thug in comparison to other post-Soviet bad options. But as an unstable, war-starting, nuclear-war-threatening thug he has to go: regional destabilization be damned.KodyKeir posted... </cite><quote>Putin was never the mastermind</quote>AgreedKodyKeir posted... </cite><quote>former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was</quote>Um...well, that's a stretch. I can agree he added to the trend.In the big picture what happened is that the world forgot the lessons of WWII and became lazy and less vigilant in guarding against authoritarian/other threats. It was/is unfortunately inevitable as nobody bothers to understand human nature or history; people unfortunately need to learn the hard way once per lifetime or so. It's mostly a matter of how bad it gets... --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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