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[–] Gerplunckamo [S] 3 points -2 points (+1|-3) ago 

I'm cool with that. Putin's bluffing and the rest of the world knows it. The little guy's acting out, and he needs a spanking.

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[–] Somali 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah, they know it so much they sit aside and let him do whatever the hell he wants and then bitch about how he's making them all look weak. At least Trump will be elected soon and let Putin have his sphere of influence so everyone will be forced to stop bitching.

The article is classic Vox though. It's like reading Ezra Klein call out a Judo master for not being Dolph Lundgren. His nuclear potential is irrelevant... even though vox darling Obama just pissed away a trillion dollars trying to counter it. Half of any military doctrine is defense and nukes play an active part in that. Then they shame him for having a small budget... as if projecting power the way he's been able to at the cost of an F-35 cockpit is somehow a bad thing.

You could at least have the decency to archive vox articles. Even Russian saboteurs wouldn't go so low as to give vox clicks.

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[–] TheRealAmalek 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

These are also the same liberals who bitch about our military spending being to high.

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[–] KarlWayne 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Putin doesn't bluff. You'd think we'd have awoken to that fact by now. If there's one thing that I truly admire in Putin it's how strongly he sticks to his guns. If anyone thinks Putin is bluffing they're delusional.

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[–] Gerplunckamo [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

He does bluff, though. Turkey, a NATO ally, shot down one of his jets, and he didn't do shit. Talk is cheap. Airstrikes against shitskins with zero air defense is cheap. I've yet to see him make a move against anyone who could actually hit him back.

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[–] TheRealAmalek 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Feel free to go to Russia and give Putin a spanking yourself!