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America must take the world's new Axis of Evil much more seriously -- or else

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You have to frame what we’re going through as the Cold War II, with Ukraine as the first hot war of the Second Cold War. And just the same way as in 1950, so in 2022, the outbreak of the hot war made many people understand better the world that they were in. It’s obvious that Russia would not have launched that offensive without Xi Jinping’s approval beforehand. And without Chinese support Russia would not be able to sustain the war, for massive Chinese exports of microprocessors and other things are what keep the Russian war machine going. Will the Ukraine invasion end as the Korean War did? You had a year of extraordinarily kinetic war, and then two years of stalemate that left a country divided with an extremely dangerous border, and it’s still there as we today. I’ve always felt that was a plausible outcome for Ukraine. It’s not by any means the worst-case scenario. After all, South Korea ended up being a very prosperous country, despite everything. And Ukraine might manage that. B

A mobile drone defense unit trains to shoot down Russian drones east of the port city of Odessa. ZUMAPRESS.com See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google When war in Ukraine began, two years ago, I thought the best analogy might be with the Korean War . You have to frame what we’re going through as the Cold War II, with Ukraine as the first hot war of the Second Cold War. And just the same way as in 1950, so in 2022, the outbreak of the hot war made many people understand better the world that they were in. It’s obvious that Russia would not have launched

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