Comments by "Emir" (@irongron) on "Calder Walton - "Spies" Charts Century-long War of 'Hot' and 'Cold' Espionage Between East and West." video.

At the 7:30 min mark "...it's not looking to re-create a communist empire of any sorts, it's about russia's humiliation..." yes, BUT there's one more element that was not mentioned, and it's the main gripe putin has, he misses the SUPER POWER status the Soviet Union had! This is key, the loss of the super power status was the humiliation. There's an intrinsic inter-connection between the two, BUT, but, the "humiliation" is a symptom of the real issue that matters to Tsar putin....super power status..... This is why he's always talking loose with nukes, it's a direct pathology of the craving for this long lost super power the Soviet Union had and only vestige russia has left of this long lost super power status is the nukes.
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...ditto for one of his "advisors"m Samuel Charap.....
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