Russia is no longer a great world power and unfortunately that is a fact that Russians have a hard time accepting. Not that it would justify invading Ukraine. Monroe Doctrine is a relic that gets thrown around sometimes but it means next to nothing.
Russia is no longer a great world power and unfortunately that is a fact that Russians have a hard time accepting. Not that it would justify invading Ukraine. Monroe Doctrine is a relic that gets thrown around sometimes but it means next to nothing.
Russia remains a great power. Not as great as us or China but a great power nonetheless. Its geographic position in Eastern Europe and the Asian Pacific and incredible natural resources make it so. As does its historic culture. You should give it its due regard.
Yeah, they were down and out in 1991, but they've clawed themselves back to a great power status, much to the everlasting agony of the U.S. elites, who are forever stuck in the '90s when Gorby and Yeltsin did everything the U.S. told them to do because they were too weak to say no.
Mearsheimer says Russia, China and the U.S. are the world's three great powers of the moment. Some wags say Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country, but one could also say the U.S. is an open-bar-with-crappy-food-and-porn-flicks masquerading as a country.
I agree it is as great as France only it still has its empire. The sooner they give up on believing they have a special place in the world, the better as it might allow them to reform and become great again although I think it is largely over for them. Obviously, they believe otherwise and I'm o.k. with that.
I don't think the US is all that special either. It is with its allies that US becomes great. Finally, this is a bulletin board and not a written paper; I can be as wild and free with my opinions as I like.
Did you mention it was a “relic” to Fidel C in Cuba in 1962? It’s alive and well today and will remain so for as long as the USA remains a superpower, though some denizens in Cambridge, Mass., Berkeley, Ca. and Madison, Wis. might not think so. Wrongly.
Russia is no longer a great world power and unfortunately that is a fact that Russians have a hard time accepting. Not that it would justify invading Ukraine. Monroe Doctrine is a relic that gets thrown around sometimes but it means next to nothing.
Russia remains a great power. Not as great as us or China but a great power nonetheless. Its geographic position in Eastern Europe and the Asian Pacific and incredible natural resources make it so. As does its historic culture. You should give it its due regard.
Yeah, they were down and out in 1991, but they've clawed themselves back to a great power status, much to the everlasting agony of the U.S. elites, who are forever stuck in the '90s when Gorby and Yeltsin did everything the U.S. told them to do because they were too weak to say no.
Mearsheimer says Russia, China and the U.S. are the world's three great powers of the moment. Some wags say Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country, but one could also say the U.S. is an open-bar-with-crappy-food-and-porn-flicks masquerading as a country.
I agree it is as great as France only it still has its empire. The sooner they give up on believing they have a special place in the world, the better as it might allow them to reform and become great again although I think it is largely over for them. Obviously, they believe otherwise and I'm o.k. with that.
I don't think the US is all that special either. It is with its allies that US becomes great. Finally, this is a bulletin board and not a written paper; I can be as wild and free with my opinions as I like.
Did you mention it was a “relic” to Fidel C in Cuba in 1962? It’s alive and well today and will remain so for as long as the USA remains a superpower, though some denizens in Cambridge, Mass., Berkeley, Ca. and Madison, Wis. might not think so. Wrongly.
Yes, it's hardly a relic--- let Mexico join BRICS and we'll see clearly how little of a relic it is.
It was just an excuse to do what they wanted to do. The reasons for Monroe doctrine have long seince passed.