In 1997 Russia said that if NATO keeps expanding then Russia will team up with China. Biden laughed and said Good luck with that and if it doesn't work, try Iran. I wonder if he still finds that funny. Thin line between confidence and arrogance.

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[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I'm sure Biden won't even remember this, but it is pretty funny. It will be even funnier when the US dollar collapses due to the trillions in debt that they won't be able to pay off once the world kicks the petrodollar to the curb.

[–]hfxB0oyAPirate Party 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That shit is barreling at then faster than anyone realizes.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

He was right then, and he's right now.

Two scenarios. Which would you prefer?

  1. Eastern Europe didn't join NATO but stayed within the ruzki mir. China and russia have a distant relationship. The ruZ dominates Europe, with all the corresponding tortures, disappearances and erosion of the rule of law. An empowered Wagner is expanding the rule of autocracy and torture through Africa and the Americas. American exports are unaffordable for most of the world, and as a result every human alive is on average poorer than today. With globalism long dead, there's no iPhone or playstation 5, and the best gaming development is happening in Cyrillic for the black and white Yotaphone

  2. The totally balling world of today with legal weed, a free Riga and Chishinau, democratic united Germany making solar cheaper than oil, multiple chik fil A's per week for the discerning blue collar F150-driving American, the disgusting ruzzian empire now not even reaching as far as Belgorod and a laughably shit-tier alliance between Winnie the Pooh and a bald dwarf who keeps soiling himself and falling down the stairs

What is their alliance worth anyway? Why didn't Xi sign the "pride of Siberia" ? Why did Xi leave a day early? Why was the only mutual statement during Xi's trip a plea for ruzzia to end the war?

China and ruzzia and Iran and laughably shit, meanwhile the Baltics are free and happy and we all afford f150s and fast food.

This is the better world and Biden was right

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The ruZ dominates Europe, with all the corresponding tortures, disappearances and erosion of the rule of law.

You misspelled "USA".

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Have you never worked thru two opposing scenarios before?

Scenario 1 is if Biden said what OP wants him to have said

If NATO never expanded east then Vilnius, Warsaw Bucharest are still dominated by the orcs

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If NATO never expanded east then Vilnius, Warsaw Bucharest are still dominated by the orcs

Orcs? From Mordor, where the shadows lie?

You don't know much about the Cold War Soviet Union and the eastern bloc, do you? Russia never dominated the USSR, and the USSR mostly (but not always) allowed the nations of the eastern bloc a free hand. Certainly the USSR controlled the nations in their sphere of influence with a much lighter touch than Mordor did, and continues to do, today.

The Sovs never had anything near to 750 or more foreign military bases. Why do you think such proud races as the Japanese and Germans allow themselves to be humiliated and bossed around by the US? Its because they have a gun to their head. Nor have they been involved in anywhere near as many coups as the US and its puppet, the UK. Of course the Soviets were not angels, but the real bad guys were the winners of the Cold War.

“To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.” — Henry Kissinger

[–]hfxB0oyAPirate Party 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's weird to see him speaking in coherent sentences without a thousand mile stare on his face.