Quote from: HarvyDent on August 06, 2018, 06:35:44 AM

Quote from: Sithara007 on March 14, 2018, 03:34:16 AM

Quote from: mmacdonell on March 13, 2018, 04:16:15 PM

Secondly, Russia. Unfortunately, Russian imperialism has been slowly growing under Putins influence. Obviously we know about the rigged referendum in Crimea, but Russia took Chechnya, too, back in 2000. Theyve been helping out Assad in Syria, and, like North Korea, have invested valuable resources into the military rather than social issues.

Russia's influence outside their own national borders is pretty limited. But what about the United States? They are maintaining hundreds of military bases in every nook and corner of the world, and they have invaded countless third world nations ever since the end of world war 2.

Are you Russian? It seems so common for Russians to do this. If they are ever criticized for doing something, they point their fingers are somebody else. They say, "But they did it too!" or "Well, look at them, they're worse." This is such childish behavior. I don't want to say that the US is made of angels, but how is what the US does a justification for what Russia does?

You say that Russia's influence is limited outside it's own borders. Well, this thread is originally about the fact that Russia keeps trying to move it's borders out.

You are right, Putin chose the path of revenge and wants to restore the empire within the borders of the Soviet Union. This is the goal of his life and this revanchism finds support among the Russian people, who have an imperial worldview.