Sure sure sure. I get/know all that. I lived through most of it. What I don't get is the continued fascination with Russia and fetishization of them as Dr Evil-type nogoodniks. I guess there are just too many John Bolton's still clinging to power. Old scared white men are our fucking cross to bear, aren't they? TOMORROW leaders could flip the script on Russia, expose their sad economic numbers, their lack of ability to mobilize, their cartoonish Cold War-style efforts in the various -istans, and their flaccid attempts at projecting power in the middle east, and quickly turn the Russia narrative from Evil Empire to the KGB's Clown-like Grandchildren. Seems like a much more powerful narrative, and one that we could control easily. Also puts us in a solid position to do better business with China, and become a real collaborative trading partner, rather than a begging dog at the foot of whichever loony is currently running China. (Deng?)
Seriously? 'cuz as soon as Yeltsin was out, our Free Market Makeover of Russia was over and the KGB was running things same as they ever were. How the fuck do you expect to sell $350m F-35s with that kind of attitude, young man?What I don't get is the continued fascination with Russia and fetishization of them as Dr Evil-type nogoodniks.
TOMORROW leaders could flip the script on Russia, expose their sad economic numbers, their lack of ability to mobilize, their cartoonish Cold War-style efforts in the various -istans, and their flaccid attempts at projecting power in the middle east, and quickly turn the Russia narrative from Evil Empire to the KGB's Clown-like Grandchildren.