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poxwole | karma 90 | avg karma 1.17 · 2022-02-25 15:20:04

Oh look an ex soviet grifter who was a low level employee in India and can not speak with any authority on the matters of "cultural Leninism"

zackees | karma -19 | avg karma -0.04 · 2022-02-25 15:32:02

reactspa | karma 714 | avg karma 1.98 · 2022-02-25 19:25:49

Exactly. Why should we believe this Yuri guy? He'll say anything to excite the TV show's audience.

Serious questions to anti-Putin Americans: if Mexico developed a cozy relationship with China and Russia, and, as a sovereign nation, decided it wanted to install their nukes on its (Mexico's) land, would America allow it? (This is a serious question, please don't treat it lightly.)

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missedthecue | karma 7595 | avg karma 2.13 · 2022-02-26 02:04:27

Didn't this scenario literally happen in Cuba? It was resolved with diplomacy, not annexation.

reactspa | karma 714 | avg karma 1.98 · 2022-02-26 08:56:35

"Diplomacy":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion

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missedthecue | karma 7595 | avg karma 2.13 · 2022-02-26 16:09:40

1. That was an attack by native cubans, not the US military.

2. Well before the Soviets put nukes in Cuba.

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reactspa | karma 714 | avg karma 1.98 · 2022-02-28 11:28:48

Ah, you are right about "2". Thank you.

"1" is debatable (it was US-backed).

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odessacubbage | karma 617 | avg karma 1.42 · 2022-02-26 06:15:14

the whole point of the the Monroe doctrine and over a century's worth of misadventures in cuba and latin america is that we haven't and wouldn't.