tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post2914677407771299958..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: The World According to Vladimir Putin - 2018 EditionA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-68949780709093803472018-12-28T10:00:15.583-04:002018-12-28T10:00:15.583-04:00I am not so sure they are entirely clowns though, ...I am not so sure they are entirely clowns though, they succeeded in driving a massive wedge between Russia and Western Europe (mainly Germany) preventing any big investment in the Russian economy, created a collective mass hysteria of Russophobia complicitly driven by almost all the main media, and they also flipped Ukraine away from Russia's sphere into an adversary even, when it should have been a strategic ally. Chinese trade notwithstanding Brezinski would be oh so proud!manahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458012355790459116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-4196763257664444752018-12-28T09:29:54.463-04:002018-12-28T09:29:54.463-04:00It is ironic that decades ago America started down...It is ironic that decades ago America started down a perilous path to build China into a world power as we sought a counterbalance in the region to what we viewed as Russia's growing power. Today our misdirected policies are driving Russia straight into China's open arms.<br /><br />The clowns directing such things could not have devised a more self-defeating pathway to take us down if they had made it their goal. The article below explores how expanding trade between China and Russia as a result of America's policy is akin to shooting itself in the foot.<br /><br />https://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2018/11/russia-driven-into-chinas-arms-by-bad.htmlBruce Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.com