> The reasons for the GBSD are historical, political, and to a significant extent economic. There is nothing historical about communism and its desire to take

> The reasons for the GBSD are historical, political, and to a significant extent economic. There is nothing historical about communism and its desire to take over everything. Putin's origin is from pure communism, just like every other leader in any country that used to be in the Soviet block. Does the author really think that just because they changed clothes and names, they changed their identity? Lower the guard and a punch will follow. Cold War was not won and it's not over, it's merely extended under an unspoken armistice.