• favoredponcho@lemmy.zip
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    11 hours ago

    Trump has cards. Fuck up Russia. Make them squeal. Twist their arm, punch them in the nose with a few well placed missiles in Moscow.

    Hell, flood the country with free Vodka and then invade Moscow. The US government can and should occupy Russia. We’d win easily. Why do we spend all this time negotiating with despots? It just makes them feel important.

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      12 minutes ago

      Yeah, Europe and USA could just give Ukraine tons of long range missiles and tell them to do as they please. Giving Moscow a taste of its own medicine could change things real quick. However, the problem is that both USA and Europe are dependent on Russian exports for energy. Europe gets something like 30% of its energy from Russian naturual gas and USA gets most of its fissile uranium from Russia. Until Europe and USA completely shut off Russian energy sources, it’s all a dog and pony show

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      13 minutes ago

      The US government can and should occupy Russia. We’d win easily.

      I laughed so hard I think I pooped my pants a little.

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      7 hours ago

      That would require Trump not to be a Russian stooge.

      And if we’re talking about ways to bring Russia to heel, expropriating all EU and US assets held by Russian oligarchs would be a great start. And after that, send in spies to pick off those oligarchs one by one, in obvious but deniable ways. Putin only keeps his job as long as they know he can protect them and keep them rich.

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      9 hours ago

      Exactly, Trump has lots of cards, he just refuses to play them, and is making USA irrelevant with his inaction.