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don't think there's any chance. So it could be that the Biden administration is simply confident that it's a bluff and they don't have to give anything. So even though in my opinion what they're being asked to give is so minimal it's laughably nothing, maybe we don't have to give anything. And if you can get away with giving nothing well it shows strength doesn't it? Would you disagree? It does s…

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th anything. I don't know. It makes us look weak that our government can't be transparent and Putin can. That makes you look pretty weak.

Now apparently the Russia-China association is strong enough that China's backing Russia essentially. And I don't know maybe it's too late. Maybe it's too late to put Russia in our camp and Biden is just saying all right Russia is basically just China now so don't give him anything. You know how long before we see Putin as a puppet of China because he might be already. It's kind of weird that he's doing this now just when China wants some pressure off of China. It's a little coordinated or coincidental or something. But every time I see something that looks like it's exactly what China would want to happen you have to wonder if they actually caused it o

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r if it's a coincidence. Well according to some reporting by Axios the commander-in-chief of the United States is Tucker Carlson. And by that I mean that his Axios reports that behind the scenes the Republicans are being very influenced by his opinion on let's not get into a war with Russia. And I believe that in effect because we have this you know a country that's kind of balanced left and righ…

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