OK. I'm talking abt Russian fear industry of late. Ultimately that's over playing Putin strength. Serves its own political purpose
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Replying to @emptywheel @drfarls
I don't think GOP admiration for Putin's authoritarianism has anything to do w/relative external power, but instead w/internal.
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Replying to @drfarls
2 questions: how much (appearance of) loyalty can you demand, how much does it gain you internationally.
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Replying to @emptywheel @drfarls
Putin has been able to suppress opposition to his adventurism (then so does US via different means). But he's still playing defense
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Replying to @emptywheel
I would agree insofar as conservative FP types are impressed by what they believe to be "ruthlessness."
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Replying to @drfarls @emptywheel
And "decisiveness." And this is something that goes well beyond Putin, back to the Cold War.
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Replying to @drfarls @emptywheel
When cons were utterly adamant that Soviets were eating our lunch even as Afghanistan fell apart and economy collapsed.
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Replying to @drfarls
Sure. But that's sort of what the Russia fear industry is doing today. Largely by Dems and Dem-supporting Neocons. It was political
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Replying to @emptywheel
But read neocons now or in the 1980s, stark undercurrent of admiration for Putin/Soviets.
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I guess I don't see that. I see it as similar political spin. The bigger your enemy is the more power accrues to you. In both cases
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