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Ukraine, Russia and the U.S.

Lectures in History

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Is There Going to Be a Total Triumph Over Russia?

Is there going to be a total triumph over Russia of a kind of world war two style absolute defeat? I don't think it's possible not because Russia isn't capable of failure but because Russia is a nuclear power and you know you can't really defeat a nuclear power unless it defeats itself as the Soviet Union did in 1991 so that's not really an option. What the Biden administration hopes for is a combination of two things in Ukraine this is at least the best case scenario for the U.S. That will just make the whole thing very very difficult for Russia.

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