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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...

darkknight109 posted...

WhiskeyDisk posted...

I wonder how many of the same people that mocked Romney for saying Russia was our greatest geopolitical threat when he ran against Obama are the same ones shouting "REEEEEEEE TRUMP RUSSIA" now.

I'll cop to it. And I freely admit that Romney was correct in his assertions.

To be fair, though, back then - invasion of Georgia aside - Putin had yet to reveal the full extent of his authoritarian colours. He was seen as a running joke for his topless photoshoots; he had yet to launch his invasion of Ukraine, or prop up a murderous dictator in Syria, or make any serious attempts to sway democratic elections in free countries. At worst he was corrupt, but that corruption seldom extended beyond Russia's borders.

A lot has happened since 2012.

What he said.

It makes you all feel better about dismissing the threats, but it is fundamentally bullshit nonetheless. Putin's been trying to break NATO for years, up to possibly poisoning a Ukrainian politician. But Romney really wasn't standing that hard against Putin either. The real threat of Putin comes from the fact that democracy is collapsing in this country, with everything for sale. Inevitably this is going to lead to foreign oligarchs entering the arena as well as our own. "Corporations are people" Business McHairwings wasn't going to do anything to shore up Lady Liberty.