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Irish_Dem

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3. Putin hopes he can threaten his way into global superpower status.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 11:48 PM

Feb 2022

He along with China will be the 21st century world powers.

Now that they have greatly weakened world democracies, autocracies are the wave of the future. They will use the threat of nuclear war to take what they want. Taiwan is next?

At least that is their plan. But they hit a bump in Ukraine.

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Russia Is a Potemkin Superpower [View all] Mme. Defarge Feb 2022 OP

Putin's "ace in the hole" is being a dictator with control over a tremendous nuclear arsenal. Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #1

Does the West (US) cilla4progress Feb 2022 #2

Sure thing. We dropped trillions on the Star War Missile Defense System. That should save us? Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #4

The "Star Wars" middle defense system was never fully funded or completed. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #5

Putin hopes he can threaten his way into global superpower status. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #3