(06-24-2024, 08:17 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: I don't think the election outcome is going to change anything. It is just busy work to keep us distracted.
I am more concerned about Rocket Man and Putin. I can see Russia using him the same way America uses Zelensky and the Ukraine.
Tit for tat, or something close to it.
I think that whichever way the election goes, we're in for a hot couple of years. Given the current state of US political polarization, some one is bound to get mad, regardless of who wins.
I could see a Russian concern with the outcome, however, because Trump would be more likely to stop throwing blood and treasure into the Ukraine, which would be good for Russia and their desired outcome. Not so much that Trump is "pro-Russian" or a "Russian puppet", it's just that I don't think he sees any percentages in continuing a proxy war that is bound to lose anyhow in the end - why throw all that money at a losing proposition? Rich folks neither get rich nor stay rich that way, and neither did Trump. I could see him applying his personal financial policy to American foreign policy if he were to win, and that would be good news for Putin, even without having strings tied to Trump's limbs.
That by itself could be motivation for election influence on the part of Russia - a counter attack against the Democrat and Neocon proclivity for meddling in other folks' internal affairs. The same sauce for the goose also works on the gander, y'know? If we meddle in their internal affairs, why not meddle in ours to achieve a more desirable (from their perspective) outcome?
I'm not concerned with Putin using Little Rocket Man in the same manner as we are using Zelinsky. The only possible threat NK could be to the US would be to chuck a bomb at us, and they won't do that without Chinese OK, regardless of what Putin wants. China would put the smack-down on that post haste. They can't have their biggest customer being damaged by a pipsqueak roaring mouse. Bad for business, and bad for an already faltering Chinese economy. China, therefore, will reserve the right of threat against the US for themselves, so that they can maintain control of the situation.
So, that leaves us with Russian concerns in the Ukraine.
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