08-29-2017, 07:57 PM
(08-28-2017, 11:12 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Why Russia now hates the Democrats, the Clintons and Obamas, is not merely because that faction represent "Western Decadence" contra Duginism. Another reason Russia hates them is because they have finally awakened to the Single Clenched Fist and looming resurgence of the East Bloc. We can see this in the vast changes in nuclear and military posture which occurred mid this decade. Now these changes may been too little too late but nonetheless we had seemingly once and for all abandoned, rightfully, the sad and naive notions of "The Peace Dividend" and "The West / US Won the Cold War." No, we were merely deceived by The Shape Shifting Beast. We did not win the Cold War. In any case, The Beast started to get up and dance at the start of this decade. Obama reacted appropriately, and we were situated to continue. NATO would have been bolstered and we would have readopted the Contra Iron Curtain strategy of the Cold War. The SCO would have none of this. They knew our own Western factions aligned with Duginism were the answer. We (the collective "we") blundered into electing them. And now here we are. Blundering our way into being defeated and possibly conquered by East Bloc 2.0.
The fact that we fought Germany in WWII doesn't change the fact that we won WWI. Similarly, even if we end up fighting Russia again, that doesn't change the fact that we won the Cold War.
If you think the resurgent eastern bloc is a threat, it's hard to see how you can view Obama as doing the right thing when he eliminated the US missile shield presence in Poland that Bush had started on. Fortunately Trump seems to be planning to put it back.
