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DogH2O's avatar

A Mate takedown is my kind of takedown.

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In my commentary about US sabre rattling over Ukraine, I made the same point about it being an aspect of the cold war against Russia, which was a economic basket case ruthlessly exploited by the US after its abrupt transition to capitalism in the 1990s. Russia was again cast in the role of evil empire under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, whose regime partly re-nationalized the economy, restored the socialized medical system and old age pension, reduced unemployment rates by an order of magnitude and achieved first world living standards for its population. Russia has also pursued an independent foreign policy which often clashes with that of the US. Russia has been pushed into a defensive alliance with China, Iran, Syria and other minor powers. https://dougmann.substack.com/p/us-nato-preparations-for-war-against

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