Trump: "You're gambling with World War III." History: "WWII started with a right-wing authoritarian leader allying himself with a Russian dictator and agreeing to mutually devour a country on Russia's borders. That's essentially identical to what Trump and Putin are attempting to do now. The […] - ThreadSky

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bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy • 1 day ago

Trump: "You're gambling with World War III."

History: "WWII started with a right-wing authoritarian leader allying himself with a Russian dictator and agreeing to mutually devour a country on Russia's borders. That's essentially identical to what Trump and Putin are attempting to do now. The […]

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bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is what I'm referring to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact

rmattila74.energydon.fi.ap.brid.gy•23 hours ago

@bodhipaksa Molotov-Ribbentrop pact covered several countries.

bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy•15 hours ago

@rmattila74 Absolutely. Hopefully if people follow the link I provided they'll learn that. What I was referring to, though, was the start of the war, which was the invasion of Poland.

It's quite likely Putin's plans extend to invading the Baltic states and Finland, and beyond. And I wouldn't […]

yacc143.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•18 hours ago

@bodhipaksa Actually to be correct, Hitler and Stalin have basically divided up Eastern and Central Europe between themselves.

As the joke goes here around, we wonder if we are pencilled in to be part American Europe or Russian Europe. A different kind of ugly dystopia.

bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy•15 hours ago

@yacc143 Absolutely correct. I'm not 100% sure if you're using the names "Hitler" and "Stalin" to stand for Trump and Putin, but the Pact did include an agreement to divide Europe. What I was referring to, though, was the start of the war, which was the invasion of Poland that followed from the […]

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