Comments by "" (@TheDavidlloydjones) on "Foreign Affairs" channel.

  1. Because, excellent though he be on Russia, he's a whiny little Trump-boi when it comes to domestic American politics. He may think he's ingratiating himself with an audience that needs to be pulled along. If that's what he believes, he clearly lacks the leadership qualities needed to take part in decent politics.
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  2.  @johnbrunton2565  The word you're looking for might be "damned." With your, inho infantile, view of politicians, I would have thought you'd be pleased with numbers of them being dammed.
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  3. What drives Putin is the psychological necessity of not facing up to Russia's challenge: it's going to lose everything east of the Urals, and in roughly the same time-frame it took to lose the Warsaw Pact countries, a generation. Xi: two problems, making a graceful exit from Marxism and keeping a supply of energy. In the long run, all of these are the same single problem, and both of them know it. More Fulbrights for Tuvans! Now! And maybe rebuild that Fuller Dymaxion Dome in Kabul...
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  4. Mavis, Do you have any sound numbers supporting that admittedly plausible farrago of accusations?
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  5. He's great on Russia, a dull thudd, right-wing barstool nut when he gets around to the United States.
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