People just don’t understand. The iron curtain didn’t crumble by itself. The destruction of the Soviet Union came about because the the west with the US in the lead had systematically been working to dismantle it since the end of World War II. The US was an economic juggernaut with access to unlimited natural resources. Conversely the Soviet Union was cobbled together patchwork of Slavic nations without resources or a common language. They were held together by brut force.
Vladimir Putin is the product of the old Soviet system. He is well schooled in the methods the US and its western allies used to neuter and then destroy the Soviet Federation. For Putin this is personal. His life is dedicated to the destruction of the US as the world knows it. Putin always realized that Russia had no chance of defeating the US in armed combat. He knew he had to find another way. He needed a weak link that he could manipulate to attack the US from the inside.
The search for that wink link as been underway since Putin came to power. In 2015 the weak link made itself apparent. The weak link was Donald John Trump. Trump was the perfect patsy because he had no real allegiance to his country. His allegiance was to the gratification of his own grandeous ambitions. In Trump Vladimir Putin found his own useful idiot. Trumps arrival on the national political stage was the perfect storm. The media looked the other way because a Trump candidacy was a revenue generating machine. The Republican party capitulated because it was more interested in consolidating power than in governing. Our government refused to acknowledge what they knew about Russian interference in our electoral process to avoid being accused of having their hand on the scale. It was the perfect storm. When Trump floundered the Democrats and Hillary Clinton were gun shy about delivering the death blow.
Phase one of Putins plan was completed when Trump was elected. Trump immediately launched an attack on NATO and our community of allies. He gave every appearance of a concerted effort to alienate our community of allies while seeking a closer relationship with Russia. Putin is over joyed. Trump can play his foil in destroying the NATO alliance and US leadership. Phase two is underway. The next part of Phase two is to weaken the US domestically. That entailed creating racial tensions that could be exploited organically.
The Trump administration embraced a white nationalism that began to pull at the frayed edges of an already divided nation. He created internal enemies that didn’t exist such as ANTIFA and a Black Lives Movement that became the national boogeyman. Our national legislative bodies were paralyzed by partisan bickering. The Supreme Court looked more like the Peoples Court established in Germany by Adolf Hitler than our own Supreme Court.
Four years of increasing domestic instability was capped by the arrival of COVID-19 and unrest in the streets caused by the murders of black citizens at the hands of police. Couple that with a concerted effort to disrupt the electoral process in a Presidential election year you end up with Phase two completed. By the way while people complain about ever increasing gasoline prices they have remarkably short memories regarding how this came about. In 2020 the UAE and Russua were engaged in a production war. Gasoline prices were at new lows. The Donald John Trump stepped into to broker a petroleum production reduction deal between the UAE and Russia. The deal was not about the well being of US citizens. It was about protecting the interest of American oil shale producers who were being forced out of the market by lower prices. Biden didn’t do it, blame Trump.
Phase three begins. Create domestic turmoil by creating legislative deadlock on Bidens agenda. Foster instability by casting a pall of doubt over the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Finally create uncertainty about the implications of January 6th on our stability. The result now we have the most unstable nation that we have ever experienced since 1776.
An opportunity is created. Putin takes advantage of that opportunity to menace the Ukraine. Putin knows what our military manpower looks like. His meeting with Chinese leadership was not an accident. He understands perfectly the wisdom of dividing and conquering. He understands the depth of our domestic instability because he was instrumental in fomenting it.
He’s going all in on a bet that we can’t be three places at once. We can’t deal with our domestic turmoil, an attack on the Ukraine and a possible incursion on Taiwan by the Chinese simultaneously. He’s betting that the US as been check mated without firing a shot. The same way that the Soviet Union was deranged by the US he hopes to neutralize us. He may very well have succeeded.
Think!!
Eyes Wide 👀 👁 Open!!!