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"retired54" wrote:


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You view Russia as a threat. I view Putin and crew as trying desperately to
hang on to power. The invasion of Georgia didn't go their way due to the
things I already mentioned (political strife and desertion).

I view Russia as a threat PRECISELY because Putin and crew are trying
desperately to hang on to power. They got what they wanted, a scared and
concerned world, and sabre-rattling for local consumption.



But you're entitled to your opinion and alternate points of view are
valuable, when they are based on fact.


Same to ya, Dawg.