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Originally Posted by Beelzebubba
The Russians say a lot of shit.
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It is politically notable that Russia is a very proud country with a long history of nationalistic tendencies. As a result, Russia will tend to portray itself on more equal footing with opponents than the truth.
At the same time, the US has similar nationalistic tendencies that tend to make Americans assume superiority in every category. While the US can be very confident that its military outspends and enemy, the same cockiness in war led to American independence from Britain's dominant forces in the past, albeit with the help of the French.
Basically, I'm just saying that the Russians have a lot of face to save since a complete government collapse in our lifetimes, so it isn't very surprising that Russia wants to stand out internationally as a world power.