Re: The joy of Linux

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 22:33:27 +0000, Pancho wrote:

Johnson was hoping a war might save him from domestic problems. I don't
really understand why the USA cared, apart from maybe the Democrats
thought Putin had intervened in 2016 election, exposing Hilary's emails.

The US bureaucracy is filled with cold warriors that have no intention of
letting it end, going back to the war criminal Albright.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-u-s-decision-to-enlarge-nato-how-
when-why-and-what-next/

This is a much longer article on NATO

https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/special-focus/ukraine-crisis/nato-
expansion-russia-putin-ukraine-germany/?cf-view

When Yanukovych leaned toward Russia rather than the EU it upset the grand
plans. Victoria Nuland and others were cheerleaders for Euromaidan like
the other sponsored color revolutions. And it was off to the races.

Why wasn't post-USSR Russia integrated? Cynically, when you have the
largest 'defense' budget in the world you need someone to defend against
and Russia was the fall guy. That's a lot safer bet the China.

Maybe with Trump back we'll get to the bottom of Russiagate but I don't
have a lot of hope.