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    God I wish this was true. Putin won’t even allow Syria to use the s300s that are already there. For all the noise about him being a belligerent psychopath, he probably still pines to join the west.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      This is why I’ve always found the whole hoping for a regime change in Russia so hilarious. Putin is basically a moderate in Russian politics, and it’s pretty much guaranteed that whoever replaces him is going to be a lot more hardline towards the west. If they think Putin is difficult, just wait till they have to deal with somebody like Kadyrov.

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          Oh yeah, I don’t think Kadyrov himself is a likely candidate, I’m saying somebody with a similar mindset could easily get in power.

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                  Honestly don’t know the actual logic was there. Stalin did do a lot of questionable shit after the war though like abandoning Greece, which led to his falling out with Tito and breakdown of relations with Yugoslavia. Seems like he was really keen on honoring whatever deals he mad with the west at the end of the war for whatever reason.

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                  I’ve read somewhere that the USSR supported the zionist entity because they felt it was a form of decolonisation, ending the British occupation is Palestine. Also, back then zionism had some superficially leftist tendencies and there was a widespread belief on the left that the zionist entity would become a “socialist” society.

                  It was not the greatest moment for the analytical power of marxism-leninism. The communist movement failed the Palestinians.

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        I think a Medvedev 2.0 presidency would be even more hardline. Kadyrov is actually kind of a softie.

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      Its the usual reducto ad hitlerum, the west does this to every leader that does not bend the knee.

      Literally everyone has been compared to hitler, it is comical at this point.

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        Everyone except, you know, the Zionists regime that is currently following the Hitler playbook to the letter.