But we could all be living in a USSR type hellscape if it had not been for US dominance of this planet. And what with Putins advance into Europe, it is lucky for the world that the West (tho obviously does terrible things) is dominant, at least the world has a chance of freedom this way

This would be the going round and round he was talking about, I believe. The ongoing quest for dominance of both the states and russia has hurt both countries' people time and time again.