Bro, you imply that Russia/Putin doesn’t already control the world. It’s the United States that has to upend the world balance of power. The U.S. has almost zero influence in the world; this is basically a hermit state.
Properly understood, Russia’s economy is massive. You just have to realize that everything produced in the United States, and any other country. is actually produced by Russia.
145 million, which isn’t that low. Add Belarus and other countries they consider “theirs” you pass the 200 million mark.
Nukes. And as North Korea has shown that’s more than enough.
Foundations of Geopolitics, Dugin calls for the influence of the United States and Atlanticism to lose its influence in Eurasia and for Russia to rebuild its influence through annexations and alliances.
The book declares that “the battle for the world rule of [ethnic] Russians” has not ended and Russia remains “the staging area of a new anti-bourgeois, anti-American revolution.” The Eurasian Empire will be constructed “on the fundamental principle of the common enemy: the rejection of Atlanticism, strategic control of the USA, and the refusal to allow liberal values to dominate us.”
“Military operations play relatively little role. The textbook believes in a sophisticated program of subversion, destabilization, and disinformation spearheaded by the Russian special services. The operations should be assisted by a tough, hard-headed utilization of Russia’s gas, oil, and natural resources to bully and pressure other countries.”
"In the United States Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke “Afro-American racists”. Russia should “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics”
It’s a book from 1997 by the way…
WHEW!
THAT was a close one!
Looks like Ole’ Vlady pulled it out though!
6 more years! 6 more years! 6 more years!
Really?
Yes really, USMC.
Trump would be much happier being an Autocrat…a “Supreme Leader” if you may…or has he has been all of his Life…the person who calls all the shots as the head of a business Empire.
I think that all of this “messy” stuff the Founder’s and Framer’s instituted like a Constitution…Separation of Powers…representative Government…independent Judiciaries…a Free Press…Checks and Balances (both Governmental and Private)…the list goes on an on…irritate and frustrate him.
I would disagree with you bit @Mufasa . Trump’s modus operandi is scapegoating and harassing his opponents at every single turn. If he kills them all, there’s nobody to blame for his failures.
Seriously though, you guys have to make up your mind about Trump. He’s either:
A. A loud mouth troll who never thought he’d make it this far, doesn’t even want the job.
OR
B: A fascist/autocrat bent on destroying the moors of representative government to get his way.
He can’t be both. My bet is A.
How are these mutually exclusive? Neither one invalidates the other?
Fwiw, I think it’s definitely A as well, except he does want the job because he’s terrified of being forgotten by history (infamy still has fame attached).
You think the sitting President of the United States would kill people if he could get away with it? Based on what? The fact that he’s a twitter tough guy.
It’s okay to dislike him, but that’s a pretty serious allegation.
No I don’t, USMC…which is why I expressly said:
“…If Trump felt he could get away with it…”
Another thing about Trump.
Even before Social Media… for almost 50 years…Trump has had a greater Platform and Bully Pulpit; perhaps more than any private individual ever in the U.S.; from which to express any and all of his views.
And he has.
And very little if any of those views have been as a Staunch Conservative who cares about the working men and women of this country; and of certain U.S. industries.
I would be willing to bet that Trump Tower has more Chinese Steel in it than a Beijing High-Rise…and ask all those small sub-contractors and Service Workers who were stiffed in Atlantic City how much he “cared” about them.
Trump cares about one person, and one person only…
I don’t see them as mutually exclusive either.
IMO, he is both.
Not to go all whataboutism here, but I do know people (from different social circles, not all one place) that absolutely 100% believe the Clintons have had people whacked.
I don’t think Trump would have people killed mostly because I have this underlying, possibly naive hope that most of humanity isn’t actually THAT bad, including our leaders, but just saying that I know people who do believe this sort of stuff happens, even here in our precious United States.
EDIT: while I was writing this, I was trying to remember the name of the guy that died under suspicious circumstances during election season that became such a big deal. Seth Rich.
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I’m not really sure why you cut the quote short? I think you’ve drifted well into hyperbole land here my friend.
Lol, yes I’ve seen plenty of this too. I think people should turn House of Card off…
Agreed and I remember the Seth Rich hysteria pretty well. It’s funny how Due Process goes by the wayside when you (general you) don’t like someone.
The man tends to bring out the worst in me, for sure…
I’m right there with you.
Putin, Castro, Mao, Stalin, Musolini etc… were all very comfortable with power. They sought it, seized it, consolidated it, and used it to their advantage.
Trump can’t consolidate a chicken sandwich. He can’t get Republican legislators behind him, or any government agency, or any foreign country for more than 5 minutes. Yes he uses Twitter and the media as a bully pulpit. But he hasn’t gone constitution shredding yet. Saying mean words and being a feckless idiot =/= fascist.
Has he ordered any US citizens killed without due process yet? Obama did.
If he wanted people killed secretly, he should probably stop alienating the CIA/FBI/NSA. Since they are the people who would do the covert killing for him. No sooner would the spook hang up the phone from Trump’s assassination order, the recorded call would be forwarded to 20 news desks.
You ever see Putin criticizing the FSB? You ever see the FSB leaking information? Fascist dictators run right ships, this isn’t a tight ship.
Everyone is so loose and unguarded with their opinions now.
Have President Trump’s persona, locker room talk and Twitter use delt a blow to the idea of Political Correctness? Or intensified BS scrutiny of people’s words?
Raj was all about that story. It’s only fake news if you disagree with it.
A lack of ability == mutually exclusive though
Bwop bwop
I’ll post this again.
It can hardly be argued that Trump doesn’t see admirable qualities in dictators. I’m not saying he would have people killed, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if one day his bodyguard whispers to him that an opponent of his had “met with an accident”, Trump’s response would likely be, “Well, shit happens” and ask no questions.
Ya’ll are starting to sound like the folks that thought Obama was going to take over the southwestern United States during Operation Jade Helm.
