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I think Putin's train of thought is more like "If Dubya could invade Iraq with that WMD b*llsh*t, you bet I can pull it with a highly sophisticated blah, blah, blah". He thinks he is sooo smart when TBT, he hasn't been able to convince the west to lift the sanctions put in place for the invasion of Crimea which BTW, hasn't produced any real dividends on the long term /short term popularity spikes don't offset the long term costs). No doubt he is looking for crack in the sanctions the west would impose, but he is such an obvious bully that he can't prevent most of the sanctions from being implemented.
No doubt many think of the Russia-China alliance as similar to the German-Japan alliance of WWII, but if you look closely is more like the alliance between Germany and Italy. in the two decades since Putin became president he has put his efforts into making Russia a military powerhouse, neglecting the fact that you need to be an economical powerhouse (like China) to be a real superpower.
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