I got lost in your word soup. Messy writing often implies messy thinking. Beware conspiracy theories. Yes, there's almost always more going on than you see in t

I got lost in your word soup. Messy writing often implies messy thinking. Beware conspiracy theories. Yes, there's almost always more going on than you see in the news. Russia's strategy has stayed remarkably true to The Foundations of Geopolitics, a 25-year old book. One of it's core principles is dividing the US from Europe. Nato is a clear threat to that. >Ukraine should be annexed by Russia . . . Ukraine should not be allowed to remain independent, unless it is cordon sanitaire, which would be inadmissible. >The United Kingdom . . . should be cut off from Europe. >France should be encouraged to form a bloc with Germany >The book stresses the "continental Russian–Islamic alliance" >Georgia should be dismembered. . . Georgia's independent policies are unacceptable. >Russia needs to create "geopolitical shocks" within Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics