It’s Putin’s World. We Just Live in It.
Dec 23, 2019 07:12:09 #
"MOSCOW — Its economy, already smaller than Italy’s, may be sputtering but, two decades after a virtually unknown former K.G.B. spy took power in the Kremlin on Dec. 31, 1999, Russia and its president, Vladimir V. Putin, have just had what could be their best year yet.
The United States, an implacable foe during the Cold War but now presided over by a president determined to “get along with Russia,” is convulsed and distracted by impeachment; Britain, the other main pillar of a trans-Atlantic alliance that Mr. Putin has worked for years to undermine, is also turning inward and just voted for a government that vows to exit the European Union by the end of January.
The Middle East, where American and British influence once reigned supreme, has increasingly tilted toward Moscow as it turned the tide of war in Syria, provided Turkey, a member of NATO, with advanced missile systems, and signed contracts worth billions of dollar with Saudi Arabia, America’s closest ally in the Arab world. Russia has also drawn close to Egypt, another longtime American ally, become a key player in Libya’s civil war, and moved toward what looks more and more like an alliance with China."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/world/europe/russia-putin.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191223§ion=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14760&segment_id=19829&user_id=41d25b438e0a743965c9afa48fa42a36®i_id=75825028tion=topNews
The United States, an implacable foe during the Cold War but now presided over by a president determined to “get along with Russia,” is convulsed and distracted by impeachment; Britain, the other main pillar of a trans-Atlantic alliance that Mr. Putin has worked for years to undermine, is also turning inward and just voted for a government that vows to exit the European Union by the end of January.
The Middle East, where American and British influence once reigned supreme, has increasingly tilted toward Moscow as it turned the tide of war in Syria, provided Turkey, a member of NATO, with advanced missile systems, and signed contracts worth billions of dollar with Saudi Arabia, America’s closest ally in the Arab world. Russia has also drawn close to Egypt, another longtime American ally, become a key player in Libya’s civil war, and moved toward what looks more and more like an alliance with China."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/world/europe/russia-putin.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191223§ion=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14760&segment_id=19829&user_id=41d25b438e0a743965c9afa48fa42a36®i_id=75825028tion=topNews
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Elaine2025
Loc: Seattle, Wa
BigWahoo wrote:
"MOSCOW — Its economy, already smaller than I... (show quote)
Really? This is just plain ridiculous, but it does fit the narrative of the ultra lefties.
Dec 23, 2019 08:36:53 #
I'm not worried about anything. I believe the whole world is going to turn to God. Read Paul's letter to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Bible. You will be amazed.
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