KGB recruitment included rich little old ladies (handy for operational funds), hookers, thieves, junkies... Each for their own purpose.
Trump was tagged w/ no purpose in mind due to the ease of blackmail (ie, pedo/incest), but any idiot can lose at poker, so he built casinos.
Trump was tagged w/ no purpose in mind due to the ease of blackmail (ie, pedo/incest), but any idiot can lose at poker, so he built casinos.
PUTIN wasn't *grooming* Trump in the '80s, he just used him to launder money.
PUTIN's motivation is revenge for the Soviet Union's collapse.
We didn't even *try* to defeat the USSR, we just had to get Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, and he assumed GHWBush was too weak to fight.
PUTIN's motivation is revenge for the Soviet Union's collapse.
We didn't even *try* to defeat the USSR, we just had to get Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, and he assumed GHWBush was too weak to fight.
The Warsaw Pact had 55 armored divisions in East Germany, threatening to Conquer Europe in one fell swoop, since NATO only had 5 armored divisions defending.
When the odds are 55:5, you don't assume that the 5 stand a chance, right?
Except Hussein's army was mostly Russian.
When the odds are 55:5, you don't assume that the 5 stand a chance, right?
Except Hussein's army was mostly Russian.
And he had Red Army generals advising him on modern Soviet tactics.
You may recall that we stomped them flat in 100 hours.
We lost ZERO M1s and ZERO F-117s. GHWBush was displaying Christian Charity by stopping the war when he did.
This is what caused the Soviet Union to quit.
You may recall that we stomped them flat in 100 hours.
We lost ZERO M1s and ZERO F-117s. GHWBush was displaying Christian Charity by stopping the war when he did.
This is what caused the Soviet Union to quit.
It costs a lot to maintain 55 armored divisions (and I just mean keeping the tanks' oil changed). The Kremlin took a sober look at the Red Army's chances in a war vs M1s and F-117s, and realized that if shooting started, we could be in Moscow in a week.
Red Army lost funding.
Red Army lost funding.
No Red Army, no diplomatic leverage.
Plus, we were FEEDING them.
People give Reagan and SDI credit for ending the USSR. It was GHWBush and our tanks and aircraft that made them realize that they had ZERO chance against us.
So they quit.
The KGB was actually doing pretty well.
Plus, we were FEEDING them.
People give Reagan and SDI credit for ending the USSR. It was GHWBush and our tanks and aircraft that made them realize that they had ZERO chance against us.
So they quit.
The KGB was actually doing pretty well.
PUTIN's career ambitions were thwarted thru no fault of his own. (Nor ours, other than the fact that we build better weapons than they could.)
Socialism doesn't motivate people to do good work, it just threatens to punish the least productive workers (secret police + gulags).
Socialism doesn't motivate people to do good work, it just threatens to punish the least productive workers (secret police + gulags).
PUTIN's 2016 Election Team was the result of his obsession to make us pay for his humiliation.
So he kicked what was left of the KGB into high gear to resurrect the Cold War, but using only espionage against us.
His military is still a laughing stock.
His new T-14 broke down
So he kicked what was left of the KGB into high gear to resurrect the Cold War, but using only espionage against us.
His military is still a laughing stock.
His new T-14 broke down
during a military parade from driving on the cobblestone streets of Red Square.
And he has Spetsnaz goons. This is Cmdr Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team Six (ret).
Do you think he's scared of PUTIN's goons?
Read his books. He's a talented writer, and he gives you keen insights.
And he has Spetsnaz goons. This is Cmdr Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team Six (ret).
Do you think he's scared of PUTIN's goons?
Read his books. He's a talented writer, and he gives you keen insights.
And PUTIN spent a LOT of money on the Sux-57, the "Stealthy-ish" fighter jet that was intended to "sweep the F-22 Raptors from the skies."
He has *one* working.
It's NOT Stealthy.
Does PUTIN look happy to you? I don't think he looks happy.
BTW, The F-15 *retired* undefeated.
He has *one* working.
It's NOT Stealthy.
Does PUTIN look happy to you? I don't think he looks happy.
BTW, The F-15 *retired* undefeated.
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