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"Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest — forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries." — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of TotalitarianismDay by day, tyranny is rising as freedom falls.
"But they must understand that the vampire ball is ending," Putin said.He added that the citizens of the aforementioned regions, which have been continuously exploited by the West over the past 500 years, have started to associate Russia's struggle for sovereignty with "their own aspirations for sovereignty and independent development."
Comment: Author offers a knowledgeable summation of US presidential politics, less explored layers of strategy, what is possible and what is not.