US Ambassador: Russia Tearing Down Whole World Order

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  1. Jack Links

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    Then how do you explain the defense of our relations with China? They are a much bigger threat than Russia.
     
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    Well, we're not entirely friendly with them now, are we?

    But yes, I've always found our friendliness with China peculiar in light of how anti-Communist we've traditionally been. Somehow Soviet Communism was always far worse to us than Chinese Communism. I suspect because of their proximity and corresponding threat (of influence) to us in Europe and the UK, something that China has long been lacking due to geography. Then there are Chinese attitudes to consider. Communist though they've been, they haven't been such a rival toward us ideologically or militarily. Only recently is there a possible military issue - the USSR had nuclear subs sneaking around same as us, for instance, but China? Not so much. Even now their military power is more regional.

    Anyway, I'm sure there's a lot of complexity to the matter.
     
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    What is different the comedy from drama? When speaks Samantha Power - this is comedy. When her delirium seriously discussing - it's a drama.
     
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    Well I wasn't just speaking of the military threat. They are threat to our economy and our livelihood by cheating on trade and currency. It's been one day street before too long. Once we start balancing the scales, China will not be happy and a military threat could be more real from China.
     
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    10,000 Sunni conscripts defected and took their weapons with them in March of 2011.
     
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    Have you read Powers' book "A Problem From Hell"? If so, what did you make of it?
     
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    Trump will be in a strong position to negotiate with China. They are already positioning themselves to accommodate Trump's jobs oriented economic reforms.
     
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    By "world order" he really means "global oligarchy".
     
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    Do you mean the pilot Powers? Shot down over Soviet territory? ... No. I have not read this book, unfortunately.
     
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    Samantha Powers.

    “Rwandan Hutus in 1994 could freely, joyfully, and systematically slaughter 8,000 Tutsi a day for 100 days without any foreign interference.” A Problem from Hell, America and the Age of Genocide, Samantha Power, Basic Books 2002.
     
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    Samantha Power, a mentally ill person. This is evident even in her face .... She admitted in an interview for the "Center for Strategic and International Studies," what her child wants to go to Putin in Russia - "" I hate you, I'll go to Putin in Russia ", - quoted son of Samantha Power https://www.csis.org/events/smart-women-smart-power

    She never resented killed when Russian in Ukraine, the Serbs in Kosovo ... She justifies the killing of innocent people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and so on. It is deceitful crazy.
     
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    Yes, Powers does seem to be a rather dangerous oddball. In her book Powers speaks out against genocide, a subject she has studied closely. In government she has worked to enable ethnic cleansing. Evil or just "crazy"? As her boss argued, "what difference does it make now?".
     
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    I can't understand Powers because she's from Ireland, so she shouldn't have any historical grievances towards Russia. It seems she lost every sense of what is right and wrong.
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    She was freaking out that the 'one world ideologues' in Washington were outsmarted by Vladimir Putin. The plans were to kick out the Russian navy and establish a Nato base in Sevastopol. This would have cut Russia off from the Mediterranean ...but it did not turn out the way they planned.

    The main purpose of the coup in Kiev was to take Crimea, but Putin had taken polls and knew the people wanted to rejoin Russia... so he acted. By the time the destroyer the Donald Cook reached Crimea, it was confronted and paralyzed by a Russian jet and the rest is history.
     
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    Putin is a serious competent national leader who is always looking out for Russia's interests first.
    The US political class and its ignorant minions feel no duty to look out for the interests of "America First". Hardly a surprise that our leaders have been so easily outwitted and humiliated by foreign leaders who are loyal advocates for their own nations and people.
     
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    Powers is part of the corrupt US political class. Putin humiliated America's ruling elite, and their hatred for him has unhinged them.
    Have you read Powers' book? She has abandoned every principal she advanced prior to entering the Obama administration.
     

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