#firstcoldwar — Public Fediverse posts
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#History #Politics #WarInGaza
(1/n)Though as brilliant as ruthless, #Kissinger is also mistaken.
As a child of the #FirstColdWar, it is surprising that he should not have thought of this when making this statement (if true, for lack of citation:)1) In the case of mutually assured distruction / overkill capacity, both/all sides lose.
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I cannot go into detail, but it seems self-evident that in the #WarInGaza not only the #Israelis, but also... -
#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia
#FirstColdWar(6/6)
... what several pundits have long expected: a breakup of the #RussianFederation.
Time will tell, rather sooner than later, I guess.
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#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia
#FirstColdWar(5/n)
... First #ColdWar, hit by the aftermath of the #Chernobyl disaster. A crippling interest rate of 21%, intended to stifle rampant inflation and to prop up the #Kremlin's ailing currency , huge external debts (AFAIC mostly in Chinese RMB,) and the staggering cost of the #WarInUkraine could lead up to...