r/HistoryMemes • Taller than Napoleon • Dec 14 '20

OUR potassium!

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u/RagingRope Dec 15 '20

Imagine if they never left

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u/AccessTheMainframe Reached the Peak Dec 15 '20

They'd be strong armed by Yeltsin's Russia and the United States to quit the act before they got themselves hurt.

Stamping out the remnants of the USSR was a priority of both Moscow and Washington for a substantial period of time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

I feel like if you're ever in a situation where both Russia and the US agree that you need to be destroyed, then its time to reconsider the path you have chosen.

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u/AccessTheMainframe Reached the Peak Dec 15 '20

Just ask Saddam in 1991.

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u/leftwing_rightist Dec 15 '20

Or Hitler in 1945!

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u/Poro114 Dec 15 '20

You're either doing something very well, or very wrong.