11-14-2016, 04:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2016, 04:51 PM by Eric the Green.)
(11-14-2016, 04:15 PM)Galen Wrote:(11-14-2016, 04:05 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: What Galen forgets is the scenario some of us laid out. Trump and Putin buddy buddy. Putin feels he has the green light to invade Ukraine. Trump is not so happy but keeps quiet and allows it. So Putin feels he has the green light to invade Estonia; his buddy-buddy won't mind. Trump has a temper tamtrum and feels betrayed and suddenly patriotic. Trump supports NATO and attacks Russia. His small hands are on the nuclear codes. WWIII.
I doubt very much that will happen. Russia is still in the process of recovering from seventy-five years of bad management courtesy of the Communist Party. Russia is still committing its resources to helping Assad in Syria and will be spending years stomping on the remnants of ISIS. The US definitely lost its proxy war in Syria.
Russia still has very bad management, and it shows in its economy. Just like here, the Russian people worship their hero anyway. Oligarchy doesn't work; they vote for it anyway. In both Russia and the USA.
Russia has not been attacking ISIS, and I doubt that it will. With the incompetent Trump at the helm, it may go on for years unless Obama completes the job. Remember, Trump "knows more about ISIS than the generals do." That's what Hitler thought too.
The US definitely lost its proxy war in Syria on Tuesday Nov.8.