Foreground: The beginning of what is happening now…
US strength as we know it know was built on technological innovation, some procured from within her borders and much more than we contemplate, procured from without her borders; US leadership was built on great institutions (but institutions not necessarily rooted in truth and honesty. But the implication was there and the desire was met by many of us, we thought honesty was part of our heritage). This strength of technological as a base has been shifting to Asia for quiet some time. Some 75 percent of that shift is nearly entailed in full. Thus, what goes up must come down. Whether it falls quietly or not, is the question?
All that was great about US institutions has all been destroyed by cronyism, ethnic politics, and (worst) by illegal banking practices. The footprints of generations (with both good and bad intentions) that built those USA institutions are by now far out of sight, and the new generations far removed from the high principles of the old in thought and in action. Fact is the new generations have been railed in the wrong direction, due to fear from the old powers that new powers would rise and derail them as the proclaimed false gods…. Therefore, the connection between the old and new has almost been severed and nothing exists between the two to have a commonality…
It seems that we lost the old adage, always “Train your replacement with honesty and morals!”
At least it is a form of an adage that I used exclusively in training my managers, time and time again…. (I watched such training be devoured, when McDonald’s trained managers to worship the bottom line and forsake the human parts of business as important. To McDonald’s people are expendable and the infiltration of such trained managers hurt the management industry to a vast extent. Then, since McDonald’s was the new desire, all others followed in the footsteps of greatness…)
Thus, as in all great civilizations that come into existence, from the beginning of such Empires, when a critical mass of great thinkers and philosophers, statesmen and warriors is formed, you have the creation of greatness. It cannot be ordered at will. It happens because of a need, an idea, a rooted moral base and vision for the future…
America (USA) had that, but it’s all been destroyed by greed of a very few. In fact so few that they moved unobserved among us unsuspecting sheep, just as an assassin does to exterminate his prey…. The few are still protecting their past endeavors and are scared of losing their power, even as they wither and die from old age…
Contemplate this; If a man could live forever and that fountain of youth was a reality, these men would have discovered it and allowed themselves to retain power for ever and ever…
Russians are deep thinkers, intellects and patient.
What is happening right now and being orchestrated by the USA. Is nothing new to Russia and is only a saddness because Russia really wants to be friends with the US! Really they do, we are the same people, the same mindset and we are one. But we are constantly being driven apart…
Russians understand this happening, within the Western Empire. And so they would know that no action is required. Action is what you do when they attack within the borders of your country. When the tanks come rolling inward? Then defend the Motherland is the cry. Until then, leave the jerks alone…. Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself…
Ascending to the throne is when the cream on the fresh milk rises to the surface; curdled, when the scum on top does stagnate, grows old…. This happens when a base under the pillar of strength becomes corroded with degradation…
Russia has no need to strike back fully with all options, against US sanctions.
They are successfully playing the waiting game. What’s the hurry? When your adversary is making mistakes, why correct them?
The order for the US to withdraw 755 diplomats and employees from Russia, was not retaliation for Congress’s new sanctions. It was retaliation for Obama’s declaring 35 Russian diplomats Non Grata and seizing Russian property illegally. Russia just evened out the numbers of both US and Russian diplomats to 455. Maybe there will be more evening out by Russia for sanctions, maybe not. Perhaps no more NASA astronauts will be ferried up to the ISS. Putin could have done that in 2014… Who knows and really, “Who cares?”
But why retaliate? When the cream is curdling at such a fast pace! Cream must be enjoyed when it is fresh. It makes coffee the finest there is. That my friend is part of the issue; we have lost the ability to enjoy coffee as it should be and have flavored coffee into oblivion, with variety and chemicals…
Alas you say, “But why use real cream, when we have such wonderful fake stuff?”
You should try a real cup of fresh brewed coffee
And Starbucks does not have such a coffee. Not a coffee percolated over a fire and enjoyed as it was mean to be enjoyed. Somethings cannot be improved upon and real coffee has to be lovingly made with emphasis upon your, not theirs, desires. You must build you perfect cup of coffee how you want, not how you are told…
This is as in all aspects of life and that has been lost to the wayside, as we dance to other’s tunes…
We’ll have to learn to wait and see. We must absorb and assimilate the things happening and we must garner our roots. Water those roots and society, individuals and even countries will flourish…
Russia waits and watches her foe…
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Interesting read…
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