ArnoldRimmer said:
Yeah, how can a country consider a neighbouring country that has strong ties with millions of the local population as strategic to its own interests? That is the privilege of countries like the US and other european countries that are 1000s of kilometers away and thus actually give a damn if the country is going down the toilet. Only they are allowed, no, wait, they are FORCED to try to influence the policy of this country! But only for humanitarian reasons, of course! As always! |
if the interests were mutual russia wouldn't have had to resort to force - ironically by flexing their muscles russia has definitely lost influence in eastern europe
putin is a great tactician within russian borders, but at the international level he is a lost cause
otherwise i agree russia is not the only one abusing its' power, being french i am very proud that we opposed the war in Iraq but not so much of our past as a colonial super-power
