I spent a bit of time through my day thinking on this matter, as it's a bit worrying. I've come up with something else that may explain a bit more my thought processes on what is going on.
Years ago, before most modern kids can recall, we WERE at war with the Soviet Union. True enough, it was called a "Cold War", but lemme tell ya, it wasn't always that cold. Some times, it got downright warm. Note well what I said there - The Soviet Union... not "Russia". The problem is, at the time the two were synonymous in the minds of most, and the terms were used interchangeably.
Now, the Progressives are putting that confusion to use, and declaring RUSSIA to be what Reagan termed "The Evil Empire" - but HE was referring to The Soviet Union as well, not necessarily Russia. It was the Soviets we put on the run, the evidence being that Russia is still there, and the Soviets have dispersed away from her. Russia is no longer the Soviet Union. The two terms are no longer interchangeable, but the Progressives are trying to muddy the waters and keep that confusion afloat.
Here's where it gets interesting to me:
What are nowadays called "Progressives" in America are none other than what we would have called "Soviets" in Russia all those many years ago. We booted their sorry asses out of Russia as a result of the Cold War, and since they had nowhere else to alight, they re-branded themselves and are attempting to take over America, their old enemy. For evidence, do some research on how the Soviets acted, and then compare them with the Progressives. Same-same. Item: the US (Progressive) interference in Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq trying to make "friendly" countries out of them by installing Muslim Brotherhood governments - since when is the Muslim Brotherhood "friendly"? Yet there they were, trying desperately to install them in power in those countries... just like the Soviets of old. Yet in Syria, RUSSIA is the boots on the ground fighting them, while the US is engaging in behind the scenes manipulations supporting them. Think back to Vietnam, switch the roles, and see the similarities.
What the Progressives are doing now is a bit of sleight of hand. They are attempting to redirect ire at RUSSIA by enhancing the old Cold War confusion, effectively pointing at Russia and saying "oh lookey - Soviets! They coming to get ya!" to direct attention away from themselves, the heirs of the actual Soviet legacy. The Cold War never actually ended, it just changed venues when no one was looking, and came to soil our own shores. They are a Fifth Column for the Soviet legacy, they are the enemy within. They are what we were all warned about during the Cold War, and even with that warning, no one saw it coming when we thought the Soviets were vanquished. The Soviets are not "coming to get us", they are already HERE, and actively seeking power, which they have already seized too much of... and they are pointing the finger in another direction to attempt to hide what THEY really are by misdirection, confusion, and fear.
That is why they are now screaming bloody murder, trying to redirect attention away from themselves and claim ownership of being the aggrieved party here. They are not. They are the aggressors. They are playing the same old head games of misdirection while attempting a coup right under our noses, and have a convenient scapegoat in Russia, a scapegoat that was already set up and blurred many years ago... and they are making massive use of that scapegoat.
There is your reason for this current bit of malarkey being hammered home by the Left here in the US. They see themselves losing ground they've gained since the fall of the Soviet Union, and are making a mad scramble to get that ground back because they fear yet another defeat at the hands of Free Men. They are on the run again, but it's a fighting retreat, and they are not going to go down easy. That also explains why it's left to Russia and her allies to fight for OUR freedom while our own government is busy trying to create new Boogie Men to scare us into submission with. Seriously - if we are the greatest power on Earth, how long would it really take to take ISIS down if we actually put some honest effort into it? We beat the piss out of both Germany and Japan in a mere 5 years or so, and then beat them for pissing for years after that. How is a bit player like ISIS still in existence at all when you take that into consideration?
The ONLY possible answer is that we are NOT really trying, and there has got to be a reason for that...
Sorry for the rant. if these electrons on your screen survive what's coming, then some day in the distant future these words may be important. The generation of that time, if it is able to learn from history unlike ours, may have a fighting chance when that time comes if they heed these words.
But that time is apparently not here yet, or we would not be where we are.
.
Years ago, before most modern kids can recall, we WERE at war with the Soviet Union. True enough, it was called a "Cold War", but lemme tell ya, it wasn't always that cold. Some times, it got downright warm. Note well what I said there - The Soviet Union... not "Russia". The problem is, at the time the two were synonymous in the minds of most, and the terms were used interchangeably.
Now, the Progressives are putting that confusion to use, and declaring RUSSIA to be what Reagan termed "The Evil Empire" - but HE was referring to The Soviet Union as well, not necessarily Russia. It was the Soviets we put on the run, the evidence being that Russia is still there, and the Soviets have dispersed away from her. Russia is no longer the Soviet Union. The two terms are no longer interchangeable, but the Progressives are trying to muddy the waters and keep that confusion afloat.
Here's where it gets interesting to me:
What are nowadays called "Progressives" in America are none other than what we would have called "Soviets" in Russia all those many years ago. We booted their sorry asses out of Russia as a result of the Cold War, and since they had nowhere else to alight, they re-branded themselves and are attempting to take over America, their old enemy. For evidence, do some research on how the Soviets acted, and then compare them with the Progressives. Same-same. Item: the US (Progressive) interference in Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq trying to make "friendly" countries out of them by installing Muslim Brotherhood governments - since when is the Muslim Brotherhood "friendly"? Yet there they were, trying desperately to install them in power in those countries... just like the Soviets of old. Yet in Syria, RUSSIA is the boots on the ground fighting them, while the US is engaging in behind the scenes manipulations supporting them. Think back to Vietnam, switch the roles, and see the similarities.
What the Progressives are doing now is a bit of sleight of hand. They are attempting to redirect ire at RUSSIA by enhancing the old Cold War confusion, effectively pointing at Russia and saying "oh lookey - Soviets! They coming to get ya!" to direct attention away from themselves, the heirs of the actual Soviet legacy. The Cold War never actually ended, it just changed venues when no one was looking, and came to soil our own shores. They are a Fifth Column for the Soviet legacy, they are the enemy within. They are what we were all warned about during the Cold War, and even with that warning, no one saw it coming when we thought the Soviets were vanquished. The Soviets are not "coming to get us", they are already HERE, and actively seeking power, which they have already seized too much of... and they are pointing the finger in another direction to attempt to hide what THEY really are by misdirection, confusion, and fear.
That is why they are now screaming bloody murder, trying to redirect attention away from themselves and claim ownership of being the aggrieved party here. They are not. They are the aggressors. They are playing the same old head games of misdirection while attempting a coup right under our noses, and have a convenient scapegoat in Russia, a scapegoat that was already set up and blurred many years ago... and they are making massive use of that scapegoat.
There is your reason for this current bit of malarkey being hammered home by the Left here in the US. They see themselves losing ground they've gained since the fall of the Soviet Union, and are making a mad scramble to get that ground back because they fear yet another defeat at the hands of Free Men. They are on the run again, but it's a fighting retreat, and they are not going to go down easy. That also explains why it's left to Russia and her allies to fight for OUR freedom while our own government is busy trying to create new Boogie Men to scare us into submission with. Seriously - if we are the greatest power on Earth, how long would it really take to take ISIS down if we actually put some honest effort into it? We beat the piss out of both Germany and Japan in a mere 5 years or so, and then beat them for pissing for years after that. How is a bit player like ISIS still in existence at all when you take that into consideration?
The ONLY possible answer is that we are NOT really trying, and there has got to be a reason for that...
Sorry for the rant. if these electrons on your screen survive what's coming, then some day in the distant future these words may be important. The generation of that time, if it is able to learn from history unlike ours, may have a fighting chance when that time comes if they heed these words.
But that time is apparently not here yet, or we would not be where we are.
.
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’