• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    14 days ago

    Putin likely gets 2nd hand info. if he had stuck to his troll farm/propaganda machine and fun far right only. ukraine would be theirs eventually. i think he got nervous when the last president fled ukraine.

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      14 days ago

      That’s not unique to him. China would’ve eventually had Taiwan without a fuss if not for how they dealt with Hong Kong.

      But alas, authoritarian inflexibility and insecurity force morons at the helms of modern empires to do dumbest shit to pursue ephemeral glories.

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          Oh look, an ml user coming in to deflect off someone mentioning China in a bad light. Shocking.

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              14 days ago

              Thread above mentions China and Taiwan, which probably triggered your keyword search and you jumped in with “are you talking about these western leaders?”

              How exactly did I not comprehend what you were saying?

        • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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          It’s dubious that they would’ve eventually got what they wanted. Trump never had a chance of conquering Iran and knew it - he dodged the draft for Vietnam.