Moscow’s history of unforced errors is the West’s hidden advantage
thehill.com
In challenging the West, Russia often shoots itself in the foot.

In a rather ironic twist, as Europe slips into recession and Russia’s economy flourishes, we see articles attempting to assert that Russia will suffer from losing its ties with the West.

This demonstrates an astonishing lack of understanding on behalf of Western nations towards the Global Majority and their ability to thrive without reliance on the West.

Likewise, the analogies drawn with the Cold War are utterly baseless, as the situation today is diametrically opposed - during the Cold War, the West was the dominant economic powerhouse, while now it is the BRICS that hold sway.

  • JucheBot1988@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    The West is not without blunders that benefit Moscow. The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion by CIA-trained anti-Castro exiles embarrassed the U.S. America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 despite opposition from Russia helped it gain stature.

    I can’t even parse that last sentence.