Some unhinged Russian is threatening me with nuclear war on Twitter. At this point, the frequency of the usage of the expression “nuclear war” in Russia is extraordinary.
It started as a joke. The first time somebody said “Let’s just nuke those Americans” on TV, it was shocking and unexpected. And now it’s an everyday occurrence. The other day, Russians marched with enormous imitation nukes that had “This one is personally for Obama” written on them. There were ritual hangings of Obama effigies in several Russian regions.
I really hope that somebody is paying attention. The Russians are unraveling in a collective bout of extreme hysteria, and they are capable of many bad things right now. Let’s not be duped by the polls that tell us 86% of Russians support Putin. The other 14% are not opposed to Putin. They just think he’s not radical enough in his anti-Western policies. The probability of Russians rising against Putin that many brainless Western analysts are floating around is nil.
The sooner we all awaken to reality is better. People, you know me. I always look for the best even in the worst circumstances. But I’m telling you that this is going in a really bad direction. Russia is a huge country with an enormous military capacity. I don’t know what needs to happen for somebody to start paying attention.
Even if somebody in the West just started taking the Russians seriously, that would already help defuse the situation a bit.
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Some countries are paying attention, see this on Swedish news today, for example:
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/putins-hemliga-ukrainaplan/
But it’s worrying that other larger news sources don’t report stuff like this.
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Whenever I think of Russia lately I’m reminded of something the last psychiatrist once wrote:
“Rageful narcissists are the most violent not when they are insulted or attacked or hated but when they are abandoned to objective reality, the one that doesn’t comply with their mirroring demands.”
and, again in writing about the danger of narcissists:
“It seems that the truly dangerous time is right before [exposure as a fraud], when the terror of the possibility of exposure grips them, and so all options are on the table”
Just in case this wasn’t all scary enough already……
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““Rageful narcissists are the most violent not when they are insulted or attacked or hated but when they are abandoned to objective reality, the one that doesn’t comply with their mirroring demands.””
““It seems that the truly dangerous time is right before [exposure as a fraud], when the terror of the possibility of exposure grips them, and so all options are on the table”
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\ Even if somebody in the West just started taking the Russians seriously, that would already help defuse the situation a bit.
So you do think that Putin and Russians react to others too, not 100% driven by internal desires. I am confused since you said the opposite before.
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A bit is a bit. It won’t solve the problem but it will be the first step.
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\ Even if somebody in the West just started taking the Russians seriously, that would already help defuse the situation a bit.
Britain to send military advisers to Ukraine, announces Cameron
Prime minister says service personnel to provide infantry training as well as advice on logistics, medical care and tactical intelligence
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/24/britain-to-send-military-advisers-to-ukraine-cameron
In other news:
F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama
WASHINGTON — Senior Republicans conceded on Tuesday that the grueling fight with President Obama over the regulation of Internet service appears over, with the president and an army of Internet activists victorious.
The Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday to approve regulating Internet service like a public utility, prohibiting companies from paying for faster lanes on the Internet.
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