> > I staked out a stronger position than I actually hold, a hopefully > > forgivable mistake in response to Zenaan's black-and-white "Russia > > good, US evil" propagandizing. Thanks for the thoughtful response. > > OK, I can understand that. > > Yes, there is a lot of ideological stuff like that here, it seems. I > look at geopolitics from a merely strategic point of view,
Another moral relativist? > believing that the > military planners and people in power tend to look at it in those terms > rather than believing the bullshit that they tell the public. How could > they? Many of them, no doubt, have contact with the media and have > directed them what to say, in some way or another. > > I would add, however, that from what I can tell, Putin is out-classing > the West at nearly every turn. Easy to do. Western politicians are largely self interested opportunistic thugs. Most individual humans in The West with strong conscience and clear mind --avoid-- politics at all costs - and so we collectively continue to pay very high moral cost (society as a whole). I am hopeful that whoever succeeds Russia after Putin has similar foundations and principles of global balance of powers (at the very least). > If there are any politicians in the > U.S. that have a chance of out-thinking the man, I haven't heard of > them. Because almost none of them hold to a moral foundation, or what they themselves perceive as right and wrong. Look at Bernie Sellout Sanders - a classic example - held some pro-statist "socialist" views etc, but sold out "for the greater good" or some bullshit. What a limp idiot!
