Braindead,
You have to have the military might and an economy to wage war with every sneeze!
But, if you are mere satellites and riding pickaback as the ex Soviet SSRs are currently doing, then you have to listen to your masters!
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"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination."
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
HAKUNA MATATA