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Quick reaction to Zack Polanski’s Putin naïveté

Polanski believes that he can potentially convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to give up his nuclear weapons. Here is why that is not only dangerously foolish, but disqualifying.

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So, Zack Polanski, the leader of the British Green Party and prospective British Prime Minister, has declared that he will try to do what no one else has done before him: convince Russian President Vladimir Putin, known for his imperialism and revanchist foreign policy, to give up his Nuclear Weapons.

Which is definitely not going to happen, so in the face of a lot of the reactions and questions I’ve had to this situation, here’s a quick reaction.

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