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The floodgates are open now that The New York Times has given Democrats permission to say out loud that they don't want President Biden to run for reelection in 2024. Everywhere you look, a Democrat is ready to say that Very Old Joe is way out of his depth.
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Even if we won the war, the fight with Russia wouldn't be over.
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How Dictators Use Borders to Silence Dissidents.
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Vladimir Putin (not unlike President George W. Bush) has led his country into a destructive war, yet the Russian political leadership enjoys wide public support.
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The data suggests that Russian support for the war in Ukraine will decline.
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We're in new territory, where a non-nuclear Western ally may now try to destroy a nuclear Russia's assets on Russian soil or in neutral or even Russian seas, which is understandable but dangerous.
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The phrase 'crossing the Rubicon' is derived from an allusion to Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon in early January 49 BC. Caesar's crossing of the river sparked a civil war, which culminated in Caesar's lifelong dictatorship.
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The Ukraine situation continues to provide bad news to Europe and the Western world. Regardless of what you read in the Western media, the Zelenskyy government is on the verge of collapsing. It lacks the military might to rival the Russians, and its budgetary resources are already stretched thin.
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Russia is losing the fight in Ukraine, according to Western observers. However, that is only a Western viewpoint.
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Attempting to analyze Vladimir Putin's behavior or Russian politics using Western narratives is likely to fail.