A rare moment of sanity about Russia

Professor Cohen is one smart cookie.

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Sorry, Prof. Cohen, I'm stealing it. And who would ever again believe James Clapper, who admits tells the "least untruthful" story can fabricate when put directly on the spot? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/james-clapper-nsa-surveillance_...

Sadly, another brilliant Stephen, also with the initials, S.C., but not a Russian scholar, tonight helped both the Clinton campaign and current Clinton administration spread the nonsense that Assange/wikileaks is a Russian tool. Clearly, Colbert is not as enamored of Hillary as he was of Obama during his Colbert Report days, but he is also clearly LOTE. However, like so many, Colbert misperceives which candidate is the greater evil. Ah, well, brainwashing is hard to fight, especially if you are oblivious to the fact that you've been brainwashed.

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Ah, well, brainwashing is hard to fight, especially if you are oblivious to the fact that you've been brainwashed.

Ask any ex-member of any cult.

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Not Henry Kissinger's picture

We now call Treason.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

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http://tass.com/world/905191

But the worst thing that has happened in recent years is the collapse of trust in relations between major powers which according to the United Nations Charter bear the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security and which still possess vast stockpiles of nuclear weapons and must reduce them until their complete elimination. This is still their binding commitment under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The problems and conflicts of the past two decades could have been settled by peaceful, political and diplomatic means. Instead, attempts are being made to resolve them by using force. This was the case in the former Yugoslavia, in Iraq, in Libya, in Syria. I want to emphasize that this has not resulted in the resolution of these issues. It resulted in the erosion of international law, in undermining trust, in militarization of politics and thinking, and the cult of force.

Don’t vote for, don’t support, don’t contribute to the cult of force.

There is no way forward in which the cult of force is the lesser evil.

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Thaumlord-Exelbirth's picture

that the Clintons have basically turned the democratic party into anti-Russian racists?

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Remember the vicious and crazy attacks on all things French when France refused to be dragooned into Bush the Dumber's Middle East War? "Freedom Fries", "Freedom Toast", yadda yadda yadda....

Xenophobia came ashore at Jamestown and Plymouth Rock, and set about remaking the New World in the image of Mother England as exactly as possible (some idiot even imported starlings just so that America could have every bird mentioned by Shakespeare!). And it has never stopped.

Sometimes I wonder if we would have been better off if the Norse had succeeded in making a go of a Vinland colony, or if we would simply have had a different flavor of xenophobia (they weren't favorably impressed with the native inhabitants either, calling them "Skraelings").

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There is no justice. There can be no peace.

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He is spot on. The CNN fellow couldn't get off the air fast enough. Dr. Cohen can't be invited back anytime soon. He's a truth teller and a truth pointer-outer. Nope. Can't have that on teevee. He might influence the sheeple

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

the weasel host pisses backward at the end. "I have not regarded him it that respect" referring to trump after he just got done bashing him...

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Citizen Of Earth's picture

She scares the hell out of me -- seriously. Anyone who has paid attention knows she is a war monger. And with all this crap about the "Russians hacked my emails" is just the latest phase.

It was no mistake that Russia sailed its carrier fleet thru the English Channel last week. That was a Hardy F**K You to Hellery -- from Russia With Love.

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Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.

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The Russians have one carrier (the Admiral Kuznetsov). Some fleet!

By contrast, the US has 19 carriers, and the rest of the world has a total of 12.

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Can never have too may Instuments Of Death.
Meanwhile the US infrastructure rots for lack of funds.

Thanks for the factoid. Did not realize Russia has only one carrier.

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Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.

She doesn't like underlings much.

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Don't let that fool you, they have numerous warships including at least 80 submarines (more than the USA) that many can and do carry nuclear warheads. Carriers are great additions to the tools of war but are not necessary for a battle group of ships to do enormous damage.

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They are incredibly expensive to operate in war because they have to be ringed with defensive ships submarines, and aircraft, protecting the carrier from attack by warships, submarines, aircraft, missiles, mines, and torpedoes, on a round the clock basis. in addition there are numerous tender ships required to keep the logistics flowing into the fleet...

Most nations are wise to limit their dependence on seagoing airfields...

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"Do you realize the responsibility I carry?
I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."

~John F. Kennedy~
Economic: -9.13, Social: -7.28,

the TWO largest air forces in the world, we probably wouldn't need so many carriers.

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There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.

because congress and the president love the MIC. Russia likely has 19 missiles somewhere, that cost a tiny fraction compared to a carrier, trained on each one of them...

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Ukrainians.
I asked them once if they played "war" games as children growing up in the Ukraine. They said that they did play them and I asked if they ever liked being the Americans when they divided the teams up, they looked at me inquisitively and they shook their heads.

They did not understand the question because I was assuming that they divided the teams Russians vs Americans, but they informed me that America was never their mythical enemy.

I was surprised to hear that considering all the propaganda we have been fed over the years about Russia, but they all said they same thing- We did/do not hate America we hate Germany.

I explained to them that the entire time they were playing fictitious war games against Germans we were told that it was Americans they hated and we were playing Americans vs Russians because of it(in the 60's'-80s) They were not at all surprised to hear that :).

If you like to read about Russia and haven't stumbled upon this one yet it is on my top ten list.

City of Thieves

And if you want to learn more about the siege of Leningrad I recommend this, The 900 Days-

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I have no idea if this segment ever aired, but somehow doubt it given the way it was taped. It was basically a heated argument, but Cohen still managed to get some really good points in, especially the very telling one that Putin had put together a coalition to fight IS. The fact that Putin/Russia had taken a lead in this could well be the reason behind the US deciding to sell the US public on the Russia bad shtick as it would have put the US as a partner rather than in control.

Around 10:00 (total 16:04) Cohen is finally allowed to put together some whole sentences:

[video:https://youtu.be/izlUhVzL9vM]

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

is that loudmouth idiot host?

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toward the end, I couldn't quite catch it. He certainly is annoying...the kind of person even a pacifist would not feel guilty about hitting.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

He would sit in for Tweety and others.

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another name to put in my mental "trash" folder.

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is a driveling idiot. A talking head without a brain. Someone posted a clip of Putin and he was far more rational then our absolutely mad dangerous war hogs who own and run this country. Why have the Western so called democracies gone full throttle globalized fascist without any real push back from the people? I was reading gjohnsits excellent historical essay on student anti-war movement's and I wondered why do people acquiesce or believe in this insane global game? I don't have a TV for this very reason. I cannot fathom why any rational human would believes this very badly done hysterical propaganda. Such misplaced fear. I hope the hacker Pirates win in Iceland.

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Not Henry Kissinger's picture

He knows he's completely outclassed, and does his best to prove it.

What I find amazing is how many guys like him end up hosting cable news shows.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

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Today: Britain, U.S. sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east.

Britain said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO's biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia-idUSKCN12P31W

These people are insane. They want to invade Russia, Iran and China.

USAians should be making plans to move to some off the map country with no natural resources and good global UPPER ATMOSPHERE wind patterns (See today's wind pattern map) ASAP. Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola might be OK.

wind patterns.jpg
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From the Light House.

So Putin resents the independence of the Baltic states? That is some mind reading. I have never come across anything Putin has said that he resents it. I know a number Russians and they never said anything of the sort either. In fact, when the Commonwealth of Independent States was formed, the Baltic nations were not included.

Much of the Ukrainian hatred of the Russians is driven by Ukrainian neo-fascists. In Lithuania, I believe it is the much the same. Both countries had known pro-Nazi collaborators during World War II. And given the new Cold War it is convenient to use those voices once again.

If one steps back, and asks objectively what Russia has to gain and lose in invading the Baltics, the answer that there is no strategic nor even resource reason for anybody to invade. Are the Russian leaders so blind that they can't see that America with all its military might has not been able to tame Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan? After WWII, the Lithuanians engaged in a bitter guerrilla war of resistance to Soviet occupation and the Soviets paid a heavy cost over a nine year period.

And after having to use a good portion of their military against Lithuania, what is gained? A port city they don't need? No natural resources unless you want to include their famous amber. Even Lithuanians don't want to stay in Lithuania as a good percentage migrated to the EU, probably never to come back.

But instead to justify the paranoia, the West has to speak not in logical terms about Putin, but in religious (he is evil) or psychological terms (he resents).

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