Spinoff: Russia military ascendance. Caspian Fleet bombing Aleppo.

Wrong board. But are you of the impression that America has lost the ability to project power whenever and wherever we please?

Is your butthole really puckering over cruise missiles from a ship? Welcome to 1985, bro.

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They are well on their way to challenging us for control

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you realize our navy shits on everything the earth has to offer. every country could team up against us in naval warfare and we would still be a 40pt favorite on the road

The point is that they are projecting their power and not giving a frick. Firing cruise missiles over Iranian and Iraqi airspace. Building up a naval base on the Mediterranean in Syria. Why? Turkey and Iran are already their allies. They are setting up the chess board to challenge US hegemony in the Middle East. Any idiot can see that.

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Why does the US even oppose Assad? US took out Ghadaffi and look at Libya now, Same thing with Saddam

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well according to OP, we need to be even more entrenched in unnecessary conflict there because of this unprecedented show of force by Russia's decrepit navy

I would be fine if we gave them the Middle East, but let's quit wasting trillions and trillions of dollars there if that is in fact our strategy.

To do what? Attack Saudi Arabia? To prop up Iran? Iran is simply an ally of convenience to Russia because they all rely on oil. They have a mutual enemy in the United Stares but they have no mutual historical or cultural commonality. Iraq and Syria are proxy wars that are simply the hegemonic powers stretching their war fighting capabilities to keep them sharp. And to be honest, outside of the global economic shock, I wouldn't mind if a squadron of Russian bombers lit up Riyadh. We're there because we have to ensure to flow of oil for the global economy, but it's long been past time Saudi Arabia and their exportation of Wahhabism got punched in the nose.

With the exploration and technology of American shale, it downgrades the importance of Middle East oil. Obviously can't cut the spigot off now, but the next 50 years will be won in Asia, not the Middle East.

The endgame is to end the petrodollar and the Anglo-American bank/Saudi oil complex's control of the world economy, Russia is already integrating economically with China. Huge infrastructure projects linking them. Russia oil and nat gas and the Chinese yuan will displace the petrodollar if this keeps up.

And I should add, Western Europe has already proven they are more than happy to buy Russian nat gas for their heating and other needs. After Brexit, watch out.

Petrodollar is a nice buzz word, but it ultimately ends up with the old adage that if I owe the bank $1 million then the bank owns me, but if I owe the bank $100 billion then I own the bank. China will put a toe in the water economically but they know we're in a mutually assured destruction scenario. At this point, it's about projecting power and staying on the cutting edge with our military.

Check who owns a ton of T-bills. Spoiler alert- it's the Chinese. You're right in that it is in both their mutual interest to team up against us, but they both have signifacent domestic issues to address before they can present a unified front against us. But again, that speaks more towards the pivot to Asia (and picking off allies before China becomes a true regional force) than wasting more blood and treasure to ensure the flow of oil from Bronze Age oligarchies.

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Surely there's a Russia board by now right? A safe space where Putin Cucks can share e-bj's and bow down to mother Russia?

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I've got to give props to the defender of my Church, my apologies.