When the Roman empire collapsed, it had its tentacles in many other countries. So today, Mordor has troops all over the world as its own home-base is hammered from extreme weather, Covid, rotting infrastructure, homelessness, and rising union activity. Meanwhile, it attempts to make vassal states out of Europe and hopes to retain its control over peripheral countries in Africa. But will European countries continue to be vassals? Hungary is not interested, and neither will France be if Le Pen wins next weekend.
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