11-09-2024, 10:22 AM
There is necessary BS on both sides Russian & American.
The Russian Oligarchs are not any different than the US Elites or the European bunch. They insist on playing games at what they insist are too complicated levels for the common person to understand.
Trump will only be in office for 4 yrs. Putin has been around for 20+ & isn't going anywhere so as a US citizen, us getting our backs up an reverting to cold war spitting & hissing really does make us look like rubes. Diplomacy is there for a reason. All govt's have their war-hawks, Putin just does a better job at controlling Russia's. The US has let ours run wild which is why we now have to buckle down an clean house.
There's going to be a LOT of posturing by all flavors of world leaders until the dust settles. Jumping on every bit of it only solidifies us here in the US as immature. Something I resent our political leaders for perpetuating.
Behind the world stage are people. People trying to feed their kids, people who have crappy jobs & crappier bosses. We have much more in common with ordinary Russians than not. Every single time things heat up on the world stage I'm watching video's of everyday village life in Russia. What pulls me up short every single time is simple.
HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR FRONT DOORS?
Plywood with a hinge or leather strap. I have a VERY hard time considering anyone a enemy who lives thru -40 with no insulation & a piece of plywood. A even harder time watching older/elderly Russian's with multiple Phd's eaking out a living with gardens, fishing, hauling water chopping wood, cause there aren't any jobs.
Trump means what he says, but Putin has been keeping Russia together with bandaides an stink-eye. Pretty sure we can all quit the posturing an just get down to brass tacks working out ways forward like adults. JMO
The Russian Oligarchs are not any different than the US Elites or the European bunch. They insist on playing games at what they insist are too complicated levels for the common person to understand.
Trump will only be in office for 4 yrs. Putin has been around for 20+ & isn't going anywhere so as a US citizen, us getting our backs up an reverting to cold war spitting & hissing really does make us look like rubes. Diplomacy is there for a reason. All govt's have their war-hawks, Putin just does a better job at controlling Russia's. The US has let ours run wild which is why we now have to buckle down an clean house.
There's going to be a LOT of posturing by all flavors of world leaders until the dust settles. Jumping on every bit of it only solidifies us here in the US as immature. Something I resent our political leaders for perpetuating.
Behind the world stage are people. People trying to feed their kids, people who have crappy jobs & crappier bosses. We have much more in common with ordinary Russians than not. Every single time things heat up on the world stage I'm watching video's of everyday village life in Russia. What pulls me up short every single time is simple.
HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR FRONT DOORS?
Plywood with a hinge or leather strap. I have a VERY hard time considering anyone a enemy who lives thru -40 with no insulation & a piece of plywood. A even harder time watching older/elderly Russian's with multiple Phd's eaking out a living with gardens, fishing, hauling water chopping wood, cause there aren't any jobs.
Trump means what he says, but Putin has been keeping Russia together with bandaides an stink-eye. Pretty sure we can all quit the posturing an just get down to brass tacks working out ways forward like adults. JMO
