patrick.net

I'm certain my hunch about the wild night in Havana has everything to do with it. Obama was sure that dumb little Island wasn't capable of lifting every word and every byte of Intel Obama's entourage exchanged those few days.

They need to shift focus away from Saudi Arabia.

Defense Contractors Tell Investors Russian Threat Is Great for Business
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2016/august/20/us-defense-contractors-tell-investors-russian-threat-is-great-for-business/
The escalating anti-Russian rhetoric in the US presidential campaign comes in the midst of a major push by military contractors to position Moscow as a potent enemy that must be countered with a drastic increase in military spending by NATO countries.
Weapon makers have told investors that they are relying on tensions with Russia to fuel new business in the wake of Russian’s annexation of Crimea and modest increases in its military budget...
Retired Army Gen. Richard Cody, a vice president at L-3 Communications, the seventh largest US defense contractor, explained to shareholders in December that the industry was faced with a historic opportunity. Following the end of the Cold War, Cody said, peace had “pretty much broken out all over the world,” with Russia in decline and NATO nations celebrating. “The Wall came down,” he said, and “all defense budgets went south.”
Now, Cody argued, Russia “is resurgent” around the world, putting pressure on US allies. “Nations that belong to NATO are supposed to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense,” he said, according to a transcript of his remarks. “We know that uptick is coming and so we postured ourselves for it.”
Speaking to investors at a conference hosted by Credit Suisse in June, Stuart Bradie, the chief executive of KBR, a military contractor...

Laura Ingraham ‏@IngrahamAngle
We have gone from "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall" to "Mr. Putin, whatever you think is best." #flexibility #USSR #Motherland

Not much to lose and a decoy from the Israel UN vote debacle. Trump has a huge focus on China-if he makes do, big liberal companies like Apple and others have billions to lose-we may gain millions of jobs-but what do those billionares care about??

Logan, don't deflect and post someone else's thoughts, rather than a single,original idea of your own.

freespeechforever says

patrick.net Question of Decade: Why Does Establishment Claim Russia is "Enemy"?

In the 1700s the people began to topple monarchies and replace them with republics. The monarchies hated the very notion of a republic because it meant an end to the free ride they've been getting for centuries. In the 1900s the people began to topple capitalist rulers and replace them with communists. The capitalists hated the very notion of communism because it mean an end to the free ride they've been getting for centuries.

Neither republics nor communism are particularly great systems, but that's not the point. The point is that the powerful never want to lose power or the gravy train of wealth they extort from the general public. Both republics and communism threatened that gravy train.

I don't have any problem with Logan or anyone else posting someone else's idea with attribution, like he did. As long as it's an interesting point, it's worth posting.

Logan Mohtashami says

Laura Ingraham ‏@IngrahamAngle

If the name behind the tweet didn't ring a bell.... then I should also add that this was said on September 10, 2013

Politics

POLY

TICKS

... advantage ... disadvantage ... just some of us know that game by now and know that what one party believes today... it might not believe in the next cycle

Logan, you should've just stated that you think that Laura Ingraham now has a hypocritical posture, flip-flopping, relative to where she stood in prior years on the issue of Russia, vis-a-vis The United States.

And you did not respond with your own opinion about why Russia is portrayed as an enemy of the U.S., and whether they should or should not be, and the reasons as to why such is the case.

Please do not try reason with the self promo bot.