@China: your historic knowledge (or should I rather say: perspective ?) paralyzes me...
hint: China was never a big and good friend of USRR
@Ukraine: you forget that people in Ukraine differ. those on the east are still stood in USRR years and are missing these times. they are still waiting for 5 year plan from Moscow to accomplish and to get their 2 weeks holiday ticket for Crimea. thats their mentality. so, do they have a right to live in your world also ?
I agree that if I had to chose between being close ally to Russia or US, I would probably prefer to be close ally of US...BUT: if I had to chose. fortunately, I have mine own common sense and dont have to make such choices...and I enjoy living in the world with few powers, not one superpower.
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Originally Posted by crockett
They abandoned their strict commie ways and opened up to trade with the US and the rest of the West. Mother Russia wasn't exactly happy about this..but China has grown big and fat to the point they don't take orders from their mom anymore..
Lets just sit back and watch the two current situations and how they take place.
Ukraine was Russia's bitch and wanted to be friendly with the European powers to the West. Because it's next door to Russia, they were able to bitch slap Ukraine with military force. In 20 years people in Ukraine will be just as isolated as they are now and will be just as poor. Russia will do nothing to spur their economy. The people will be poor with the best option to leave for the West..
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