Re:Russia could hit U.S. chip industry, White House warns
by mlyle on Saturday February 12, 2022 @04:49PM
(#30316886)
Russia's a bit of a failed state, squandering economic opportunity for its citizens and opportunities to develop through trade.
Russia is also militarily powerful and with enough resources and cleverness to take everyone else down the drain with them.
This is a particularly bad combination-- being successful or weak takes away much of your menace to your neighbors... being failed and strong is the scariest combo.
Re:Russia could hit U.S. chip industry, White House warns
by baybal2 on Saturday February 12, 2022 @04:16PM
(#30316569)
> Make up your minds. Is Russia a 100 lb. weakling, or is Russia a 500 lb. bully? If it's a weakling why so frightened of it? If it's a bully, how can the the US be 'Number One'?
It's a 100 lb. bully, who can nevertheless go as far as a 500 lb. one if not stopped.
On one hand it is 'a gas station masquerading as a country', 'Russia doesn't make anything important', or 'has a GDP only the size of Italy', or 'anything outside Moscow or St Petersburg is backward and rural without proper toilets', or another of many other US put-downs about Russia.
Then on the other hand 'Russia can overthrow the US electoral system', 'Trump is Russia's puppet', 'Russia will bring down the US electrical grid', 'Russia can destroy the US by spying everywhere', or today's panic: 'Russia could hit U.S. chip industry by withholding important materials', etc, etc, etc.
Make up your minds. Is Russia a 100 lb. weakling, or is Russia a 500 lb. bully? If it's a weakling why so frightened of it? If it's a bully, how can the the US be 'Number One'?