Excellent News About Belarus...

[AverageOldGuy]

8. If only . . .

. . . Russia has the world's largest deposits of natural gas and oil along with substantial deposits of important minerals and vast forest reserves.

If a Russian leader with any sense were to emerge, s/he could knock off the dictatorial bullshit; send all the oligarchs into exile to wherever; confiscate all the oligarchs' money; cut ties with Trump; execute Putin; carefully use Russia's natural resources; set the nation on the road to energy self-sufficiency; watch the standard of living for the ordinary Russian skyrocket; and generally be a good neighbor to the rest of the world.

Oh, well . . . maybe in my next lifetime.