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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
They wouldn't. They already don't. Because they aren't equals. They're not even close to equals.
Because the alternative is to continue to be at the mercy of economic sanctions from Europe. Of course, Europe is kind of helping this along - I'm all for the Germans building LNG terminals, but if they reduce their reliance on Russia they reduce Russia's connection to them, and the natural alternative is to look Eastward.
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Which is what really pisses Putin off frankly, Moa and China were junior partners to the USSR since the end of world war 2, reliant on Russia for everything, tanks, planes, guns, cars etc, it's not just that Russia is broke since the fall of communism, its that its junior partner from those times is taking over the world, Putin is the failed older brother living in his parents basement who's kid brother has a great job a trophy wife and drives a Merc