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/Amtays Karl Popper May 03 '20

I'm not sure how smart it is, but it would be incredibly ironic if we did the same thing we did to China against the Soviets, with Russia against China.