To my shame I was at one point a liberal who was all like “hell yeah, why don’t we team up with Russia now we are on the same side”.
I think from a realpolitik point of view that was probably the best course of action for the West. Of course, that would have required the US to restrain its capitalists from looting Russia in the 90s, which was never going to happen.
I hope Kissinger shits himself every day, even more than he would anyway at one million years old, in fear reflecting on how badly the deep state's largest failsons fucked up his Sino-American rapprochement - Soviet collapse under imperialism - Partner with newly capitalist Russia to win counter-revolution in the PRC maneuver
I think from a realpolitik point of view that was probably the best course of action for the West. Of course, that would have required the US to restrain its capitalists from looting Russia in the 90s, which was never going to happen.
I hope Kissinger shits himself every day, even more than he would anyway at one million years old, in fear reflecting on how badly the deep state's largest failsons fucked up his Sino-American rapprochement - Soviet collapse under imperialism - Partner with newly capitalist Russia to win counter-revolution in the PRC maneuver
Pissing away long term dominance over all of Eurasia for one moment of unbridled greed is extremely on-brand foe the US.
Kissinger is like the one Go master in the entire country looking on in shock as the Checkers players who took over after him "fix" his positions.
all those hours spent teaching MacKinder to the up-and-coming ghouls, and they still didn't get the fucking message
Kissinger: "... and that's why it's important to hold the World Island. Can you summarize what I just taught you?"
Think Tank Ghoul #8913: "Russian man yellow. Yellow man bad."
Kissinger: "Fuck this, I'm going to go hang out in China."
Think Tank Ghoul #9748: "Kissinger left the classroom because he likes gorging on Peking duck too much to defend democracy"