• @[email protected]
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    318 hours ago

    Just imagine if I got to see Russia collapse in my lifetime. I missed out on the last one by a few years, unfortunately.

    • @[email protected]
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      265 hours ago

      Born too late to watch the collapse of the Russian empire, born too early to watch the collapse of the Russian empire, born just in time to watch the collapse of the Russian empire.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 hours ago

        The last few hundred years of Russian history can be succinctly summarized as, “…and then, it got worse.”

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    Category Iran China Ratio
    GDP ($ billion) 464 18,533 1:40
    Population (million) 90 1,409 1:16

    I don’t expect that Iran is going to realistically move the scales much one way or another as China’s decision-making goes.

    • @Anyolduser
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      248 hours ago

      It’s less about their role in the long term and more about having another front open at the outset of hostilities.

      Every Arleigh Burke not tasked with intercepting Iranian missiles is another one inside the first island chain.