Russian spy flips - NRA, Trump, Republicans in deep

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An interesting analysis...


"...what Trump should really be worrying about is what Butina’s guilty plea says about his friend Vladimir Putin in Russia. Butina was obviously operating as an intelligence agent of the Russian state, and she wouldn’t be agreeing to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators for Mueller or anyone else if she hadn’t been given the go-ahead by her bosses back in Moscow. Butina faces a sentence of zero to six months under the federal statute she was charged with, and even if she ends up serving time, she will be deported immediately upon her release from prison.

Marina Butina wouldn’t have anyplace to go in Russia if her handlers at the Kremlin hadn’t told her it was okay to tell U.S. prosecutors everything she knows about how her attempt to influence American politics worked from 2015 through 2016. If Putin has decided to cut Butina loose, he’s cutting Trump loose as well..."

https://www.salon.com/2018/12/12/maria-butinas-plea-is-the-worst-news-ever-for-trump/
 

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That's pretty much my conclusion.

The game was to identify the Fervent Follower social elements, then comprehensively and systematically lead them to eff up the entire U.S. structure of politics & government.

After we're completely isolated and pre-industrial (mentally, technologically, spiritually, etc.), Putin and MbS can high five each other through all eternity.
 

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Yep. Operation Sow American Division is a success. Butina goes home a hero.

That's the real damage that's being done, though of course the division existed and was being exploited by the right well before this mess even started. I still think Trump is a symptom as much as a cause of our society's malaise, but the Russians represent an opportunistic infection that is exploiting our weakened country :cry:
 

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That's the real damage that's being done, though of course the division existed and was being exploited by the right well before this mess even started. I still think Trump is a symptom as much as a cause of our society's malaise, but the Russians represent an opportunistic infection that is exploiting our weakened country :cry:

This seems to be a Thing they are doing around the world, and are quite good at. (One suspects their leader's KGB background - finding weaknesses and striking - may have some hand in this.) They've identified the battlegrounds of the future, and are well on their way to winning a global war before anyone else has realized there's a fight on.