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Originally Posted by Slava
Or the sanctions push Russia into deeper alliance with China and the fall of the US continues, with the DragonBear now a much larger player. I'm not entirely sure that the US emerges from this as a "winner" though.
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China and Russia would be extremely strange bedfellows at this time. Maybe 30 years ago, but I don't see any alliance between Russia and China working. Can you explain why you see this as this being beneficial to each nation, beyond "you're not the US"?
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And in all honesty, the US doesn't want to get into any kind of military conflict with Russia (thankfully). That's why they're not, and they really would rather Ukraine was not part of NATO for that reason.
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I think that is just the opposite. Russia wants no part of military conflict with the Americans and her allies. Russian technology is terrible and the soldiers are less than committed. I think the American military machine absolutely grinds the Russian numerical advantage to dust in short order. Every engagement with Russian tech versus American tech has not played out well for the country reliant on Russian weapons. The Russians talk a good game about their weapons, but when push comes to shove the results are pretty one-sided. Of the Russians can keep the American political leadership on the sidelines by rattling the nuclear sabre, they will keep the generals on the sidelines, which gives the Russians hope.