Thread by @wmcarterelliott

The USSR relied heavily on how scary the Red Army was, and a lot of diplomatic deals had the threat of 55 Armored Divisions factored-in.

Socialism is a crappy way to run a country, so their Collectives' yields fell short for 75yrs, each failure due to "unusually bad weather."

https://twitter.com/wmcarterelliott/status/1329123794984714241

This is the catch that our Socialists miss - Despite how great it sounds, it doesn't work at all without Secret Police and gulags.

PUTIN's career was climbing the KGB ladder. Then the Red Army weapons and tactics were put to the test in the first Gulf War and they failed, badly.

https://twitter.com/wmcarterelliott/status/1329133772520845312

The Kremlin realized that their people needed the food we'd been giving them - for humanitarian reasons, not out of fear. No Red Army, better restrain the KGB.

PUTIN's ambitions were thwarted.

PUTIN's Projection: "Hillary didn't get to be President so she plotted her revenge."

There's plenty of blame to go around, but let's not forget - This was *one* person's plan to Get Even with America, using KGB tactics.

It's Espionage, folks. Go watch some Bond movies and catch up.

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