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coffeesp00ns  ·  2791 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America, welcome to the war

I've said it here before.

America has a 4 year plan to take over the world. Russia has a 400 year plan to take over the world, and the ability to exchange land for time in a way the US cannot. Russia's been trying to take over the world since Peter the Great (well, he was the first to be any good at it), and has a lot more experience, but America's faster than the "Giant with Feet of Clay". Then again, Russia has already waited out France, England, and Germany - What's one more? We'll see how it plays out in a hundred years or so.

If you've not read War at the Top of the World by Eric Margolis, I recommend it. He's got bias like anyone else, but he talks it pretty straight.