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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Lmfao what does that even mean…? They think it won’t work on them?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Straight from the “Im rubber, youre glue” international strategic relations playbook

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My IR prof once half-joked that to understand IR, you have to frame everything as elementary schoolyard politics.

He was right. We are nuclear enabled children.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

yup! if you understand school lunchroom dynamics or navigating a rough neighborhood, you know everything there is to know about geopolitics

Russia (from my armchair) looks to be essentially a colony of China at this point, and China has most of a supply line that ignores western nations.

Except for tech, which they still have to steal from us.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 days ago

It means Trump's going to chicken out, as usual

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Probably mean they can get their supply of stuff from china and south east asia. That's the reason they can survive being sanctioned for so long since the war.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's bravado.

The reality is that Putin and his oligarchs hate sanctions. They're not making that pronouncement for our benefit. Nothing they do is for our benefit.