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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Posts like this are pretty sad. I'd never vote for Trudeau, but its not really debatable that Cretien/Martin was an awesome combination that fixed the myriad mistakes of Mulroney.
Liberals recovered nicely from the Bush 1 created recession of the early nineties, mostly because of Paul Martin. I would not trust this batch of Libs and certainly not the NDP for what comes next.
Each Bush has presided over the start of recessions and wars. When Jeb Bush wins the presidency, expect even bigger ecomonic challneges and scarier wars.
I'm putting my trust in Harper for that period. I prefer experience.
Mind you, all this poking Russia with a stick might have consequences. A big war would be good for Russia's economy. I'm sure PUtin would think nothing of crushing Canada in the North.
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I have a feeling that Putin won't survive 2015. Their economy is sour and getting worse by the day and the one benefit of the crashing Oil prices is that its finishing the work that economic sanctions have started.
Russia has a history of the coups against even the most popular leaders.
Putin is a pretty powerful guy with the state security apparatus baking him, but that might not survive a depression in Russia.