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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen the history books are written about this month...
Neville Chamberlain will look like Attila the Hun compared to the Russian asset standing at the White House podium.
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When the history books are written about this month... (Original Post)
Thunderbeast
Oct 2019
OP
I am guessing this is in reference to Neville Chamberlains weakness in the face of Russia
el_bryanto
Oct 2019
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zaj
(3,433 posts)1. Not sure about that reference... did you get that correctly?
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)3. I think the OP is trying to see if we are awake.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)2. Huh?
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)4. I am guessing this is in reference to Neville Chamberlains weakness in the face of Russia
and Trumps weakness in the face of Russian aggression?
Bryant
Thunderbeast
(3,417 posts)5. That is exactly my point.
He stood at the White House podium this morning claiming a great strategic victory by negotiating a surrender and abandonment of an ally. In his game of 3D chess, he is surrendering strategic position as well as powerful pieces.
Fledgling democracies in Ukraine, and the Baltic states must be wondering if our partnership is fleeting. The Moscow kleptocracy is giddy!