(February 22, 2017 at 9:57 pm)Kosh Wrote:(February 22, 2017 at 9:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Never read Aeschylus, huh?
The Soviet Bloc did not free itself with armed revolt. You tea-bagging shits had best remember that.
True, but then they went and subjugated themselves by putting Putin in charge. It was probably a "Make Russia Great Again" bullshit line that they lapped up.
The Soviet bloc included all of the associated "republics" which Russia swallowed up and could not hold. East Germany rejoined West Germany. The Baltic states joined NATO. Most of the rest joined the EU. Could Russia overrun Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan if they wanted? Probably in an afternoon. Why would they want to? Muslim populations worked out so well for them in Chechnya.