@octade

#History #Politics #WarInGaza
(1/n)

Though as brilliant as ruthless, #Kissinger is also mistaken.
As a child of the #FirstColdWar, it is surprising that he should not have thought of this when making this statement (if true, for lack of citation:)

1) In the case of mutually assured distruction / overkill capacity, both/all sides lose.

2)
I cannot go into detail, but it seems self-evident that in the #WarInGaza not only the #Israelis, but also...

@infostorm

@toastie @GottaLaff

#History #DonaldTrump #MAGA
#MoscowsAssetGoverningAmerica

(2/n)

...the leader of the #KGB. At the end of the decade, you are aware that you'll be losing the #FirstColdWar. The reason being that #USCapitalism has proven to be a far superior economic system that enabled #NATO to outspend the #SovietUnion.

You now have the possibility to make a young, up-and-coming #US polititian first greatful to you, then your asset. With a strike of good luck, that politian becomes...

@ZEITONLINE @video-ZEITONLINE

#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia
#FirstColdWar

#OPINION

(6/6)

... what several pundits have long expected: a breakup of the #RussianFederation.

Time will tell, rather sooner than later, I guess.

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@ZEITONLINE @video-ZEITONLINE

#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia
#FirstColdWar

#OPINION

(5/n)

... First #ColdWar, hit by the aftermath of the #Chernobyl disaster. A crippling interest rate of 21%, intended to stifle rampant inflation and to prop up the #Kremlin's ailing currency , huge external debts (AFAIC mostly in Chinese RMB,) and the staggering cost of the #WarInUkraine could lead up to...