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  Oh absolutely, luckily and worse though is that once they have the throne they will easily be distracted by wet food and a laser pointer and thus be overthrown within minutes or just used as puppets.
context: In the hopefully impossible scenario where Russia actually descends into a multilateral civil war, does NATO have any kind of plan to deal with that? Like that's a lot of nuclear devices just suddenly not being kept tabs on. >
  
  I'm sure they have a plan, they've had 40 70 years to put it together and already watched it happen once with the collapse of the USSR in the early 90s. But it will probably never be publicly known. >
  
  You are assuming that the same people 40 -> 70 years ago are still around and that they've handed this plan off in a responsible manner, and that leadership is taking this seriously.
  Watching US government since W Bush era:
  No, no no, and more no. This is going to go horribly. >
  
  Right, we had a plan for pandemics too, worked really well in the countries that used it, we threw it away. >
  
  
  we threw it away.
  
  It was no "we", it was the trump administration.
  It would not be surprised if 45 would have thrown the pandemic response plan in the trash himself just for the childish satisfaction he would have had derived from it, as he associated anything pandemic-related with President Obama, whom he hated & still hates viscerally. 
  Furthermore, whilst one might say it was bolton who was responsible for getting the PREDICT programme shut down, I'm sure trump went with it because he equated it with President Obama. Again, personal hatred guiding one's actions. >
  
  We are accountable for our governments actions. We may have put down the reigns, but the U.S government is beholden only to the u.s public. It sucks and its not fair that we are responsible for these despotic fuck knuckles but that's the way it is and we have absolutely without argument allowed this and many more atrocities to slip away in broad daylight through our passive complacency. >
  
  The people of Russia revolted against the oppression of the Tsars, and ended up with Stalin.  Then they revolted against the oppression of the Soviets, and ended up with Putin.  Maybe the only reason they haven't revolted yet is that they are afraid of what's going to come next. >
  
  May I offer myself and my cats as leadership options? I can guarantee I can’t make things worse. >
  
  That’s the same thing Lenin and Yeltsin said! Next thing you know, you’re gone and one of your cats has had the others murdered and is declaring itself dictator-for-life. >
  
  Except I have no dreams of grandeur. If I was in charge of Russia and had the supposed wealth of Putin, I would just renovate the hell out Russia.
  No one cares or fondly remembers the guy who made your nation go to war. But the one that improves the nation and the citizens lives will be later seen as a golden age of the nation. >
  
  Not your cats though. They're eyeing that throne and you're not safe with them around.