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he certainly doesn’t seem afraid
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@jb @Shlomo Hard to intimidate a dude who runs a country that is both food and energy secure, that has nuclear weapons and the hypersonic technology to deliver them anywhere he wants, and that has the world's most battle-hardened armed forces at the moment.
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Particularly when you look at the misfits trying to intimidate him
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@TrevorGoodchild @jb @Shlomo as I've said before - he's making a case before the world that he and Russia more broadly should be the leader. Refusing to take personal victory aligns with this.
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@jb @Shlomo When he wins he's probably going to pull a 'Titus refusing a wreath of victory', claiming that there is no glory in vanquishing such opponents
It's honestly like careful pest extermination, not warfare
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@sickburnbro @jb @Shlomo Yes, he is already assembling the framework for the system that is to follow. There will be local hegemons and spheres of influence, alliances of greater and lesser powers, and a way of resolving conflicts that is completely outside of the West's control.