So, how much do you trust the #Russians?
So, how much do you trust the #Russians? For a year now #DonaldTrump has been extolling the virtues of Vlad "The Glad" Putin and the rank and file Republicans batshit crazy Trump supporters have been echoing his claims. I wonder, if Russia cuts or taps these lines, will the TrumpMonster defend Putin as he has for so many other things?
In #TrumpNation Russia's meddling is good for you.
https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/policy/defense/366290-russian-submarine-activity-increases-around-under-sea-internet-cables%3famp
In #TrumpNation Russia's meddling is good for you.
https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/policy/defense/366290-russian-submarine-activity-increases-around-under-sea-internet-cables%3famp
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The Guardian wrote about this ten days ago, quite entertaining:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/14/russia-could-cut-off-internet-to-nato-countries-british-military-chief-warns
Btw, it's quite hilarious to see Trump being called a puppet of Putin - when Putin is basically the result of the US meddling heavily in Soviet elections... Boomerang? And while the GOP usually would not hesitate to use Russia for their scare tactics to keep people from noticing what they are doing, they are now locked in their desperate need for Trump, to get their agenda through.
yourlogicalfallacyis.com - Your logical fallacy is composition or division
Tell me the reason the us went to war in Iraq a couple of times.
Tell me how much the us gives israel in straight cash as well as guns.
Start explaining why the cia was deep into Australian politics and in fact did a soft coo.
Start explaining why they are talking about a war in the Pacific.
No, america can't explain fuck all.
Oh, explain why many very rich yanks are moving here to NZ.
Seriously, make a table and list on one side what Russians have done to you or the people around you. On the other list what your government and representatives have done. That may not look very good in case of the US...
Besides, I really don't understand the US' obsession with Russia. When it still was the Soviet Union - OK: communism, archenemy, bogeyman. But the Soviet Union has long ceased to be. GUS has ceased to be. Now there is the Russian Federation, a capitalist country like the US. There is no "communism" anymore.
If you want to worry about another country, worry about the PRC. Their military is getting stronger, they made a number of countries depending on them economically and they also have a good grip on the US economy. Just look at all the US bonds China owns.
It's just good luck that the US owns the moral high ground:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/13/the-long-history-of-the-u-s-interfering-with-elections-elsewhere/?utm_term=.cfad06f20150
It's not as if someone had pumped millions of US dollars into Yeltsin, so he could win and then sell out the country's natural resources to US corporations. It's not as if someone had pumped millions of US dollars into Ukraine, to get the country heading into the "right" direction. And of course no US politicians and officials have ever been seen on stage in Ukraine, and of course never with Nazi groups.
It's not as if the US has ever said "He has to go!", then invaded another country, toppled the government and left the country destabilized or put "our guy" on the throne - or simply sent money and weapons to "freedom fighters" - which some time later turn into "terrorists" and maybe later again into "rebels". That has never happened anywhere, not in Iran, not in Afghanistan, not in Iraq, Libya, Syria.
Btw, in 1990, before the German unification was possible, all four allied forces had to agree with it. To convince Gorbachev, both US and West German politicians promised multiple times that there would be no further extension of NATO. This was unfortunately never put into writing, but expressed orally, including on camera. So who is expanding, and who is really, really trustworthy?
https://youtu.be/QZ0EYodvj6o
There's a German saying suggesting one should not throw stones when living in a house of glass...
Very well, you mention infrastructure, let's compare that. It's interesting you also said "potentially", because so far there seems to be no proof. So, which infrastructure did the Russians potentially tamper with, can you list a few?
Your attempts to list faults of the US could just as easily have been called a list of motivations for Russia to oppose the US and secretly work to create new threats to it. The pink elephant you refer to is that the US has a target on its back; whether you think it deserves that target or not wouldn't change that. Obviously Russia doesn't feel ashamed to "chase shadows" when it follows up on all potential threats it can conceive of. but even without a target, the data flowing through those cables is worth more than gold. Not being vigilant would be like leaving a giant pile of cash in the city square. People are going to steal it, whether you think they are nefarious or not. They just will.
Yes, the Russians could be documenting cable paths - because those are documented already. Plans for cutting, planting detonators? Sounds great, just like in a Hollywood movie! The reality is different though: Simply use a fishing trawler, that's where all the cuts came from so far.
However, why cut? What is the advantage of that? Military communication is not relying on submarine cables, so if you cut a cable between Europe and the US for example, the main result will be higher latency due to rerouting, which hits especially video communications and gamers. This "threat" sounds great, but is rather nonsense, because nobody gains anything from cutting submarine cables.
But never mind. Focus on "the Russians"! Russians are evil. Everything else doesn't matter. That you get poisened through your tap water, lose your job to outsourcing, may die in a train derailment due to maintenance cuts or go broke because you had to go to the hospital after another maniac with an AR-15 wounded you, all that is a small price to pay for being free. Besides, somehow all that is "the Russians" fault.
Stay sharp. Stay focussed. "Russians"!
The main threat atm is america and it's lust for power.