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"in 1919 after the Revolution there were 20 armies in Russia (including US, Japanese and European one), and that took years to unscramble. Throw in people vying for control of the nuclear arsenal and this becomes a very scary situation."

We will have to leave such speculation to the future, won't we. As the man said, wrestling the alligator, "I came her to drain the swamp.

A couple of controversial points of order. The U.S. employment of troops to Russia in 1919,only aided the Bolsheviks as they were told that 1 in 5 Russians were Bolsheviks and they treated the population that way.

China does not want the Stans, there hands are full with the Uighers, and the last thing that they want are more Muslims in their country. The problem with Islam, is that more than Christians, they are fanatic faithful, and in their world, they can only be ruled by Muslims,,never a secular, especially an atheist government. A big part of the problem in Europe, especially France is that the government is completely secular and even anti religious. America differs because of it's unique construction (so far) will be different when the Dominionists take full control though

Now as regards Hitler vs Stalin. According to Viktor Suvrovov, Icebreaker: The man who started WWII, in 1919 after the Revolution there were 20 armies in Russia (including US, Japanese and European one), and that took years to unscramble. Throw in people vying for control of the nuclear arsenal and this becomes a very scary situation. it was actually Stalin who had plans on crushing Hitler. He thought Hitler was weak and was building up his forces to attack Germany. Germany via it's excellent intelligence knew that and beat Stalin to the punch

Hans Rudel an unrepentant NAZI in his book Stuka Pilot, which I wrote a book report on in Officer Training School, stated that as he flew missions into Russia at the start of Barbarossa, he bombed airfields full of medium bombers. Stalin evidently was gearing up for an invasion.

The reason that Stalin was caught on his back foot was because he could not believe the reports, because his own intelligence had not reported, and because he did not believe the Heer and Luftwaffe were capable . Except for the tanks and some trucks the German army was horse drawn.

The fuel for horses is hay, transportation of hay bales requires more vehicles than petroleum.

The land between Poland and Russia is essentially a flat plain. Because of this Ukraine has been the bread basket of Russia, Africa and the mid east.

There is a stretch of plain, the Suwalki Gap that is the most vulnerable real estate in Europe..it is the border between Poland and Lithuanian and separates Russian Kaliningrad from Belarus.

Putin can take it without attacking Poland,only Lithuania, which was once part of the Russian and Soviet Empire.

Can that happen without confronting NATO and invoking article 5. I doubt it, but if the west backs down, for any reason, Putin will be emboldened to strike and thus the horror everyone wishes to avoid.

While everyone is musing over Moldova and Transnistra, they aren't looking at the Suwalki Gap, which is more important strategically as it is Russia's only ice free port on the Baltic.

At age 17 I stood a hulking 5'1" and 103 lbs, nine months late I was 5'8" and 118 lbs.

I grew up in a government project,went to public schools which had populations in the thousands (this was 1940's to 50's.I was never bullied after the first attempt, simply because they could not beat me. I never gave up, I never surrendered and I kept coming back until I scared the shite out of them, I wore them down.then I learned how to street fight and was a scrappy terror, much like Ukraine.

The odds were against me from the outset, but by an indomitable will, I survived and flourished.

I look at Ukraine and I see the same, and refuse to be intimidated by threat of nukes

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Who needs a college course, when you can readallaboudit in one day at hartmannreport.com?

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I totally agree. I consider myself well read, almost encyclopedic in my knowledge, but Thom has added to my storehouse, immeasurably. I am so grateful that I stumbled upon him on Free Speech TV.

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