Cold War 2.0, with all the bullshit that comes with it. Having lived through the insanity of constant hyped up threat of nuclear attack the last time around, I

Cold War 2.0, with all the bullshit that comes with it. Having lived through the insanity of constant hyped up threat of nuclear attack the last time around, I really think we should do what we can to avoid it this time. It wasn't a pleasant way to grow up. Having grown up in the West my schools, media, and government worked very hard to paint a specific picture of life in the USSR. Now, knowing many Russians, I understand that the picture was in many ways different and more nuanced. The last few years I have seen a steady increase in general hysteria creation against Russia and Putin. Not that Putin isn't a despot, just that level of threat he and Russia represent is just seriously overblown, and their motives are grossly misrepresented. Looks like the War on Terror isn't generating the financial returns those in power had hoped for, so we need to go back to that good old standby - the red menace. The quickest way to put all this shit to bed is to build a framework that completely outlaws profiting from war in any way.