Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by New Zealand

Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by Tade0 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @04:09PM (#41259863)

The way you speak about Russia is akin to the way an abuse victim would speak about their abuser - it's everyone's fault but Russia's that they invaded.

Also don't you dare make them lose their temper.

Russia isn't under threat from NATO, as it's a defensive alliance. They seem to understand that as well, as they pulled their air defense systems from the region bordering Finland.

> I think people dont realize that the Russians are a super power.

The soviet union was a super power. If anything people realised that Russia's supposed power is mainly posturing.

And it was high time for that. In the past some western governments attempted a policy of appeasement - all it achieved was emboldening Russia.

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by Gibbon1 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @04:22PM (#41259975)

It's useful to compare Russia with other countries.

Russia pop 145 million. GDP 2.24 Trillion.

Brazil, pop 205 million, GDP 1.92 Trillion.

Brazil isn't anyone's idea of a super power. Difference is Russia has or had a lot of Soviet cold war era weapons and weapons manufacturing. With the emphasis on the increasingly had.

So yes you are right. And I agree about the wife beater logic.

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