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You were considered an enemy back then and rightfully so as your government would have sent their military to attack US and their allies. If you want to be mad

by genman 3y ago

You were considered an enemy back then and rightfully so as your government would have sent their military to attack US and their allies. If you want to be mad at somebody then it should be Russians who forced your country into this situation.

scotty79 3y ago
Invasion of US was always absolutele fantasy that US invented and cherished for decades. Fear is so nice. It lets you get away with all sorts of things and nobody dears to make a peep. Allies probably. But US was just something far away, to be nuked if it interferes with local Russian interests which is Europe. That was the entirety of the Russian interest for US. Still is. In actuality the only places where Warsaw pact was sending soldiers was countries of Warsaw pact that didn't like being part of Warsaw pact.
- genman 3y ago
  I didn't propose that Russia had any capacity to realistically attack US mainland at any given point, but it had plausible capacity to attack US forces on allied territories in attempt to overtake allied territory if it were not effectively countered by the allied effort. This could have easily developed into a strategic nuclear exchange. But what Russia did with relative success was to infiltrate US using its spy network and soft power. Even today there still is a large number of useful idiots in US and in the West in general who effectively help Russian goal even when it is has clearly displayed that it is a genocidal dictatorship.
  - scotty79 3y ago
    It's kind of surprising how well Russia was and is doing even now on the information front. Russian trolls in recent years seemed to be throwing stuff at the wall, but if anything sticks (like anti-vaccine messaging or US election adjecent rumours) they notice it very quickly and push it super strong. Anything to disrupt and make random Westerner weaker and dumber.

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You were considered an enemy back then and rightfully so as your government would have sent their military to attack US and their allies. If you want to be mad

by genman 3y ago

scotty79 3y ago
Invasion of US was always absolutele fantasy that US invented and cherished for decades. Fear is so nice. It lets you get away with all sorts of things and nobody dears to make a peep. Allies probably. But US was just something far away, to be nuked if it interferes with local Russian interests which is Europe. That was the entirety of the Russian interest for US. Still is. In actuality the only places where Warsaw pact was sending soldiers was countries of Warsaw pact that didn't like being part of Warsaw pact.
- genman 3y ago
  I didn't propose that Russia had any capacity to realistically attack US mainland at any given point, but it had plausible capacity to attack US forces on allied territories in attempt to overtake allied territory if it were not effectively countered by the allied effort. This could have easily developed into a strategic nuclear exchange. But what Russia did with relative success was to infiltrate US using its spy network and soft power. Even today there still is a large number of useful idiots in US and in the West in general who effectively help Russian goal even when it is has clearly displayed that it is a genocidal dictatorship.
  - scotty79 3y ago
    It's kind of surprising how well Russia was and is doing even now on the information front. Russian trolls in recent years seemed to be throwing stuff at the wall, but if anything sticks (like anti-vaccine messaging or US election adjecent rumours) they notice it very quickly and push it super strong. Anything to disrupt and make random Westerner weaker and dumber.