Lmfao what does that even mean…? They think it won’t work on them?
Straight from the “Im rubber, youre glue” international strategic relations playbook
My IR prof once half-joked that to understand IR, you have to frame everything as elementary schoolyard politics.
He was right. We are nuclear enabled children.
yup! if you understand school lunchroom dynamics or navigating a rough neighborhood, you know everything there is to know about geopolitics
Russia (from my armchair) looks to be essentially a colony of China at this point, and China has most of a supply line that ignores western nations.
Except for tech, which they still have to steal from us.
It means Trump’s going to chicken out, as usual
Probably mean they can get their supply of stuff from china and south east asia. That’s the reason they can survive being sanctioned for so long since the war.
It’s bravado.
The reality is that Putin and his oligarchs hate sanctions. They’re not making that pronouncement for our benefit. Nothing they do is for our benefit.
Russia started their invasion without walkie talkies or even gas for their trucks. And then international pressure got worse.
You like that your sons are living in squalor?
Oh, okay.
Good old Russia. “Winning” in the most Charlie Sheen way possible.
That’s all bluster. The EU should seize frozen oligarch assets and send most of the prceeds to Ukraine.
“You can’t fuck up our economy. We already beat you to it! 😤”
