To: TobagoJack who wrote (175160 ) 7/23/2021 9:43:32 AM From: roto 1 RecommendationRecommended By
Respond to "As to Trump, he may or may not be good for America. Am agnostic. But arguably Biden might be in process to guarantee a credible Trump run come 2024." Message 33403642 "..Gorby too weak. Met his lieutenant (head of Gorby foundation) on 2019 trip and dialogued for 3+ hours all-in, mostly about Russian history for the last 1,500 years.." Message 33404803 Kind of interesting if he (he is young now) wants his Russian born son to be an "American", with all the rights & benefits the U.S has to offer, he must present himself & family to the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Maybe the CIA would do a "Khashoggi". Gorbachev, he had no power to deal with. But being Russian, he understands history has a way of redemption. Reagan hadn't a clue of what goes on beyond the outside borders of a t.v. screen, the history of nations. I do not think Reagan was aware of any of Rudyard Kipling's work. Trump is a blowhard isolationist, all "puff & dander". I am thinking Putin understands now that Biden has larger balls (America's alliances do work well after all). a generality I was in Kiev first time long ago, years after the breakup. I was talking to the PPG (PittsburgPlateGlass) company's sales agent. He told me all his Think of it this way, on the street, in Moscow, Kiev, & Yalta too, my taxis got stopped a few times by the cops. Donations accepted. My favorite taxi guy in Yalta told me it is acceptable.. the system is broke, civil servant paychecks where 6mos in arrears, cops have family to feed too. In the West we'd say "corruption"... in the East, survival. There is no wrongdoing in the dynamics of that broken system that was efficiently working well. Now, here in the Balkans, the former mini- commies, everything is in re- alignment. The E.U. holds the ultimate promise, but for now... the mobs, laundered Russian money, the debt burdens of predatory Chinese public work projects, but probably the worst is the “demographic decline” of their populations and aging peoples. The 'civilized world' welcomes the former commie peasants. an interesting & current read is "Balkan Insight" balkaninsight.com
