Remember When?

[David Morris]

Russia has nuclear weapons, but that doesn’t make them a global superpower,
as Pakistan, France, the U.K., India, North Korea, and Israel well know.
China has achieved superpower status on the strength of its economy, the
second largest in the world. Russia ranks 11th
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)> in
GDP behind Italy, Canada, and South Korea. It’ll be far lower down that
list once 2022 numbers are compiled. When the United Nations called a vote
on the matter, most of Russia’s friends—including Cuba!—nervously avoided
eye contact, with only four rogue regimes siding with the murderers (North
Korea, Syria, Belarus, and Eritrea). Supposed ally Venezuela couldn’t even
be bothered to show up.


On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 1:25 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/16/2086193/-Ukraine-update-Remember-when-Putin-wanted-to-remind-the-world-Russia-was-still-a-SUPERPOWER
>
> Ukraine Update:  Remember When Putin Wanted to Remind the World that
> Russia was still a Superpower?
>
> So the world watched in dread as Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine while
> Russian planes and missiles pummeled targets. We were about to witness a
> global superpower’s shock and awe, just as we had seen in Iraq as
> the United States invaded in 2003. Except we’ve seen a different kind of
> shock and awe.
>