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Feral Finster's avatar

Far from being an imperialist maniac intent on playing Risk!, Putin has shown little appetite for conflict, escalating only when no other realistic choice is available.

The sociopaths running the West regard this as contemptible weakness.

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Hysterical idiot? Nah, not you, Caitlin, The idiots are those in US society who fail to perceive its deep roots of maniacal war criminality, even considering only the post-WWII era. In a recent interview with George Galloway, Chris Hedges mentioned Curtis LeMay, whom I've taken to calling Generalissimo Nukem. Nuke the Cubans, he advised JFK, nuke North Vietnam, he advised LBJ. Hedges also identified the tradition of war pimps, those you call "war sluts" --- sociopaths like Elliot Abrams and Robert Kagan, the rhetorical engines who in their pimping for the war industry fill the rage tanks of maniacs like LeMay and the other crazed US generals. Make no mistake, this is a deep deep vein of evil in the American psyche. Another reason to anticipate the empire's demise.

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