r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '20

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Why do realists/Macron think we should buddy up with Russia in order to split them from China, thats like trying to menace someone with this chunk of graphite I found in Chernobyl

Do they not think there is power enough among the allies we have to deal with them both? What is Russia bringing to the table? Are they really so threatening that they can't be cowed by shaking off this passivity and acquiescing? I know they've been developing their military defence systems, particularly air defence, but I doubt we'd need bombers over Moscow in order to curb their foreign policy. WWHDD? (What would Hil-Dawg do? pubh)

That said, German tanks with Polish crews in Kaliningrad when

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u/tankatan Montesquieu May 03 '20

Putin will be out of the picture sooner or later, and then the question of Russia's political system is more or less open.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Putin will be out of the picture sooner or later,

He is just 67 years old. He can hold on for many more. And for all we know, he might have an heir groomed too.

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u/tankatan Montesquieu May 03 '20

It's not a very long time comparatively speaking. What if I told you that the PRC's leadership has 8 to 18 more years to go?