>When Yeltsin, the leader of the disintegrating Soviet Union, was mocked by Bill Clinton at the White House, the United States abandoned Russia.At that time, Russia genuinely believed that the United States could help it. To prove that it truly wanted to join the West, Russia even dissolved its own state.Back then, if the Americans had tossed the Russians some scraps, the impoverished Russians would have sworn allegiance to them. By that point, NATO’s only enemy would have been China.What was the result? The Russians received nothing but ridicule from the Americans and Europeans, and a destitute Russia.By the time Putin became president, NATO decided to expand eastward and called Putin a fool. Putin was practically a capitulationist; he practically begged NATO to stop its eastward expansion so that Russia could survive.No, NATO pressed on until the war in Ukraine broke out. The West forced Putin to tie Russia’s economy to China’s, and even brought Iran into the mix.>Meanwhile, NATO is on the verge of disintegration, as people have realized it’s nothing but a paper tiger.Whoever decided on NATO’s eastward expansion was definitely an idiot.
>>531239567Nah that’s some low IQ youtube talking point copy pasta that’s been said over and over. The reality is - Russia will sell oil to Europe again when Ukraine war is over. China lost access to all oil source - has to buy from American LNG. Too much industrialization - Can’t feed its people - angry at Pootin - drops support for North Korea - US drops sanctions - North Korea becomes neutral entity. Seethe.
>we dindu nuffin, blyat
>>531239567USA 100% wasted their hegemony. Not marshal plan for Russia, integration into western system/EU.Among 100 other things. like Plaza accords fuking japan. letting bankers run ramant on western industrial capacity. they sold power for money.
>>531239567The sign is a subtle joke. The shop is called "Sneed's Feed & Seed", where "feed" and "seed" both end in the sound "-eed", thus rhyming with the name of the owner, Sneed. The sign says that the shop was "Formerly Chuck's", implying that the two words beginning with "F" and "S" would have ended with "-uck", rhyming with "Chuck". So, when Chuck owned the shop, it would have been called "Chuck's Feeduck and Seeduck".
