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I have no strong opinion on the guy but if you are complaining that he failed to stop russian aggression then you have some very optimistic ideas about the power and influence of the UN secretary-general it's also kind of silly to call putin's stupidity "the rise of russia"
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Helsing posted:I keep seeing C-SPAMers trying to insist that Putin is some kind of ignoramus steering his country into disaster but it seems like Russia is a lot more powerful and respected (or rather feared, which is the same thing) by it's neighbors than it was in 2000 or even in 2007. it's actually weaker, since putin's policies have done nothing to arrest russia's longterm economic decline, and at the same time he's made its diplomatic position way worse no, being feared is not the same thing as being respected. any reasonably powerful nation can be feared by its neighbours if it acts erratically enough. there's a reason this is something intelligent leaders tend to avoid
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