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delisen

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6. I believe Trump is following Putin's plan to sow discord in the West
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:36 AM
Apr 2017

Modern Russia's leading edge in war is all propaganda, smoke and mirrors that confuse and soften the opposition before swooping in for the kill or prize, as in the Crimea.

Heck, at least one high-up Russian wants to get Alaska back---and now we see the Russian Air Force showing up there.

If we start with the premise that Putin did interfere with our election to get Trump in office and cause Clinton to lose, and we examine trump's statements during the election, and his campaign's action and transition team actions we will see the pattern leading toward success for Russia foreign policy as well as a pattern to deflec-to give the illusion that Trump is acting against Putin.

Greenwald's piece on a Russian political advisor is interesting and it becomes hard to figure whether it is a straightforward analysis by a Russian liberal telling us we need to "stop bashing" Russians for our own good, or a part of the sowing of discord propaganda war.

Eventually people don't know what to believe-and that in itself, advances the Putin objective.

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/19/a-sanders-campaign-adviser-was-a-russian-vitali-shkliarov-speaks-out/

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I believe Trump is following Putin's plan to sow discord in the West delisen Apr 2017 #6
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Nice move, fucktard! smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #21
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