hey do yourself a favor and look up the word 'revolution.'
it's happened a few times throughout history. it's when a people rise up and overthrow its government. usually against tyrants like putin. it has even happened in Russia! And Romania! And Ukraine!
I don't know what the word for 'revolution' is in russian, but putin knows it well. And he doesn't want one of those in his country. Because it would cost him his life/freedom/money. So he is billing himself to his people as the last bulwark before a NATO invasion.
Hey!! Trump says HE is the only one who can solve his nation's problems too! they same guy you voted for! Maybe he's a lot like putin!!!
Revolutions don't occur in country where the current leader of the government has an approval rating in 60s or 70s...
You're still operating under the laughably infantile assumption that Russians think like you do.
You voted for a guy in a diaper who doesn't even know what day it is.
If you list the policy positions on a piece of paper and let people choose which position is more reasonable Trump would get WAY more support than Biden.
The entire media, deep state, Democratic party, and half the Republicans worked 24/7 to get rid of Trump and it still required ballot harvesting and unsupervised mass mail in voting for Biden to win.
Biden's ego is even bigger than Trump or Putin's.
we have no idea what the 'approval' rating is of the leader of a country that allows no opposition parties, no free speech, controls the press and has thousands of political prisoners. And who just lost a war. Come on. And anyway, it doesn't matter what you think. it matters what Putin thinks. He thinks he has to make russians feel afraid of NATO to ward off revolution. So that's what he does.
I have little understanding of why you choose to believe him like so many russian sheep believe him
It's not "anti-American propaganda" to realize the unique position America was in 1945.
The richest countries in the world in 1940 were:
1. USA
2. USSR
3. Germany
4. UK
5. Japan
China was in the mix as well. Can you think of anything at all that happened to China, the USSR, Germany, the UK, and Japan between 1933 and 1945?
Anything at all?
Half of the USSR was destroyed along with a huge percentage of it's population.
ALL of Germany was destroyed. along with a huge percentage of it's male population.
The UK lost it's empire from where most of it's wealth came from.
Japan was destroyed and lost a huge percentage of it's population.
China was brutalized by Japan for over a decade and immediately fell into civil war once the war was over with tens of millions killed.
Meanwhile, the US was completely untouched suffered WAAAAAAAY less casualties than anyone else as a percentage of population and the civilian population was completely untouched.
This set the US up for the economic boom more than any other reason. To suggest otherwise is absurd.
Imagine half the NFL being killed in plane crashes and then the only team which didn't lose half it's players shows up on Sunday and claims they won their game because they executed better than their opponent... You're being ridiculous.
How does any of that support your original point that America would be so much nicer if we didn't waste TRILLIONS babysitting the world?
America was presented with a great opportunity and seized it. This resulted in unprecedented wealth gain and stability over the past 75 years. Americans have benefited immensity from this dynamic. If we went Trump-brained, zero sum in 1945, the US would be much poorer nation with less influence.
Again you have a toddleresque understanding of the world...
You say "Trump-brained" yet you don't even know what that means.
Trump wasn't an isolationist.
The last isolationist president was racist Democratic icon Woodrow Wilson.
Trump was America FIRST not America alone.
Wanting to get the homeless off the streets and get healthcare sorted out before we spend TRILLIONS on foreigners who hate America isn't unreasonable.
Revolutions don't occur in country where the current leader of the government has an approval rating in 60s or 70s...
You're still operating under the laughably infantile assumption that Russians think like you do.
You voted for a guy in a diaper who doesn't even know what day it is.
If you list the policy positions on a piece of paper and let people choose which position is more reasonable Trump would get WAY more support than Biden.
The entire media, deep state, Democratic party, and half the Republicans worked 24/7 to get rid of Trump and it still required ballot harvesting and unsupervised mass mail in voting for Biden to win.
Biden's ego is even bigger than Trump or Putin's.
we have no idea what the 'approval' rating is of the leader of a country that allows no opposition parties, no free speech, controls the press and has thousands of political prisoners. And who just lost a war. Come on. And anyway, it doesn't matter what you think. it matters what Putin thinks. He thinks he has to make russians feel afraid of NATO to ward off revolution. So that's what he does.
I have little understanding of why you choose to believe him like so many russian sheep believe him
It is laughably to naive to think the world is black and white and that anyone who isn't on your team just has to be lying...
In a tense start to talks on a range of thorny issues, President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned U.S. officials to back off a plan to install missile defenses in eastern Europe or risk harming relations with Moscow.
Putin has been openly critical of NATO putting missile defense on his borders for over 25 years. It isn't some grand conspiracy he's using to control his population. He literally means what he says when it comes to NATO on Russia's border.
reminder that you have voted for the party that delivers substandard economic growth time after time. Is that a libertarian precept? Needlessly slow economic growth? Or do you just prefer the corruption and wars?
That's an absurdly oversimplified view of how the country works.
You're also forgetting that you idiots say Republicans and Democrats all switched sides in the mid 60s. So by your own idiotic logic you can put Truman and Kennedy in the Republican party.
There's also a reason the data starts randomly in 1953. FDR did horribly in the 30s and the Republicans had power in the roaring 20s.
Take away the post World War 2 boom and it's basically a wash.
ok you keep doing the same thing and keep expecting a different result. The nation will have to pay the price though, with wars, corruption and lower economic growth.
That's an absurdly oversimplified view of how the country works.
You're also forgetting that you idiots say Republicans and Democrats all switched sides in the mid 60s. So by your own idiotic logic you can put Truman and Kennedy in the Republican party.
There's also a reason the data starts randomly in 1953. FDR did horribly in the 30s and the Republicans had power in the roaring 20s.
Take away the post World War 2 boom and it's basically a wash.
ok you keep doing the same thing and keep expecting a different result. The nation will have to pay the price though, with wars, corruption and lower economic growth.
Korea and Vietnam were started by Democrats.
It is laughably idiotic to suggest only the politicians you disagree with are corrupt.
We've had 1 politician who couldn't be bought and BOTH sides attacked him. A more intelligent person would wonder why.
ok you keep doing the same thing and keep expecting a different result. The nation will have to pay the price though, with wars, corruption and lower economic growth.
Korea and Vietnam were started by Democrats.
It is laughably idiotic to suggest only the politicians you disagree with are corrupt.
We've had 1 politician who couldn't be bought and BOTH sides attacked him. A more intelligent person would wonder why.
you do have to go back 60-70 years to play this game, don't you?
It is laughably idiotic to suggest only the politicians you disagree with are corrupt.
We've had 1 politician who couldn't be bought and BOTH sides attacked him. A more intelligent person would wonder why.
Iraq was started by a republican. Being a loyal republican, you voted to continue and increase that war in 2004 when you had a chance to do the right thing. But you didn't, because you're just a loyal republican. You just like to dress up as something more sophisticated.
BTW, that last paragraph is doozy. You really believe that, huh?
It is laughably idiotic to suggest only the politicians you disagree with are corrupt.
We've had 1 politician who couldn't be bought and BOTH sides attacked him. A more intelligent person would wonder why.
Iraq was started by a republican. Being a loyal republican, you voted to continue and increase that war in 2004 when you had a chance to do the right thing. But you didn't, because you're just a loyal republican. You just like to dress up as something more sophisticated.
BTW, that last paragraph is doozy. You really believe that, huh?
I'm not a Republican..
I voted absentee for GW from Iraq in 2004 solely because John Kerry is a useless POS.
Trump wasn't my choice. The alternatives were Hillary Clinton who is one of the worst people alive. Or Joe Biden a career politician with ZERO accomplishments of note in 50 years who also happens to be completely corrupt.
Yet we who challenge the official narrative are supposed to be brainwashed by Putin.
And those who accept and repeat the govt and media narrative don't consider that maybe they are the brainwashed ones.
Strange that long before this war the Bidens and the CIA had their hooks into the Ukraine. And the Democrats accused Trump of colluding with Russia when it was a Clinton Campaign dirty trick. Lastly the Democrats accused Trump of corruption as he looked into the improprieties related to Ukraine. All very odd as we pump $Billions into this war.
I voted absentee for GW from Iraq in 2004 solely because John Kerry is a useless POS.
Trump wasn't my choice. The alternatives were Hillary Clinton who is one of the worst people alive. Or Joe Biden a career politician with ZERO accomplishments of note in 50 years who also happens to be completely corrupt.
Anyone with a brain knew which lever to pull.
Own your mistakes, bro. Stop living in the victim culture and blaming someone else for all your failures. You've been a supporter at the ballot box of neocon, interventionist, foreign policy for decades. 200 posts on this thread won't make up for that.
Yet we who challenge the official narrative are supposed to be brainwashed by Putin.
And those who accept and repeat the govt and media narrative don't consider that maybe they are the brainwashed ones.
Strange that long before this war the Bidens and the CIA had their hooks into the Ukraine. And the Democrats accused Trump of colluding with Russia when it was a Clinton Campaign dirty trick. Lastly the Democrats accused Trump of corruption as he looked into the improprieties related to Ukraine. All very odd as we pump $Billions into this war.
Well today Russia called trump their ‘partner’ and trump asked a very hostile Russia to undermine the president of the United States during a nuclear crisis.
I voted absentee for GW from Iraq in 2004 solely because John Kerry is a useless POS.
Trump wasn't my choice. The alternatives were Hillary Clinton who is one of the worst people alive. Or Joe Biden a career politician with ZERO accomplishments of note in 50 years who also happens to be completely corrupt.
Anyone with a brain knew which lever to pull.
Own your mistakes, bro. Stop living in the victim culture and blaming someone else for all your failures. You've been a supporter at the ballot box of neocon, interventionist, foreign policy for decades. 200 posts on this thread won't make up for that.
LOL!
Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama created ISIS and destroyed Libya and Syria and toppled Ukraine's government.
Biden gave Afghanistan to the Taliban in 9 hours and enabled Russia to invade Ukraine and he's got 3 more years to impress us with his incompetence.
Obama was more of an interventionist than the "neocons".
As I said you people have a DISEASE and you completely lack self awareness.
Obama created ISIS and destroyed Libya and Syria and toppled Ukraine's government.
Biden gave Afghanistan to the Taliban in 9 hours and enabled Russia to invade Ukraine and he's got 3 more years to impress us with his incompetence.
Obama was more of an interventionist than the "neocons".
As I said you people have a DISEASE and you completely lack self awareness.
You're just spouting out republican talking points. No surprise from a lifelong republican. You saw the Iraq war from up close, and you voted for more of it. When the head of the republican party tells you to be pro-war, that's what you do. When the new head of the GOP does a 180, you follow along. Like the good little GOP boy that you are.
Obama created ISIS and destroyed Libya and Syria and toppled Ukraine's government.
Biden gave Afghanistan to the Taliban in 9 hours and enabled Russia to invade Ukraine and he's got 3 more years to impress us with his incompetence.
Obama was more of an interventionist than the "neocons".
As I said you people have a DISEASE and you completely lack self awareness.
You're just spouting out republican talking points. No surprise from a lifelong republican. You saw the Iraq war from up close, and you voted for more of it. When the head of the republican party tells you to be pro-war, that's what you do. When the new head of the GOP does a 180, you follow along. Like the good little GOP boy that you are.
Which of the historical facts I listed are anyone's "talking points"??
