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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's a traditional values conservative who longs for the Czarist pre-1917 Russian Empire, not the Soviet Union.

So do we keep hearing "he's trying to bring back the Soviet Union"?

Is it just because 1991 is in the living memory while 1917 obviously is not?[/quote]

Oh puhleeze Vlad .., give us a break …

He is a radical war criminal and is on the record in numerous publications as saying he wanted to restore Russia to former empire glory days.  [/quote]

Yes the glory days being the era of Czarism.[/quote]

Perhaps as usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle:

However, He is certainly not a traditional anything but a radical extremist willing to lie, murder and steal to get what he wants.

He is on the record as arguing many times for a new world order to be dominated by Russia and China - So not sure how helpful this distinction of Czarist versus USSR is. He has also had speeches alluding to both earlier glory days and the USSR. [/quote]

Agree. You have to beat him at his own game. He wants to be economically powerful. Right now, his economy resembles the power of Italy. Not very good for a much larger country.

But what does that mean?  That means, if you are the U.S., you don't shoot yourself in the foot with excessive regulation that hurts us and benefits him. If he's funded by petroleum, you flood the market and deny him revenue. You outsmart him.

That's not happening. We have a bunch of believers in the White House, not thinkers. They are so focused on climate change, that they are making decisions that benefit Russia and China to our detriment.[/quote]

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