‘Butt hurt’, ‘evil empire’, ‘sad little clown’?
Oddly, I find him a more than a capable statesman who’s steered his country back from the U.S. led chaos of the 90’s and early O’s.
But it’s no longer the 90’s and both countries are further along in their trajectories. Whereas Russia’s economy is much improved and has insulated itself from our economic threats, we’ve continued the process of copper stripping, degradation and entropy. A pretty impressive feat in just one generations time. On both sides.

A follow on assessment from Ritter on Blinkens meeting with Lavrov in Geneva:

“ The toolbox is empty. Russia knows this. Biden knows this. Blinken knows this. CNN knows this. The only ones who aren’t aware of this are the American people.

The consequences of a U.S. rejection of Russia’s demands will more than likely be war.

If you think the American people are ready to bear the burden of a war with Russia, think again.”

UKRAINE CRISIS: US ‘Toolboxes’ Are Empty

Did you see the mapping analysis of both the Panama papers and Pandora papers Rick? Funny how there was hardly anybody in the US or UK? Odd that….

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