Shitshow Macro Issue 5: The Eagle and the Bear
From Tsars to Bolsheviks to Boogeymen: a history of the Western & Russian evolution from allies to frenemies to enemies
Topics covered in this edition
Why the “know your enemy” mantra is so important - and dangerous that so many “leaders” in DC and the Pentagon seem to ignore it these days.
A brief history of Russia, how it went from being ruled by a Tsar who was blood-related to the rest of the world’s rulers to Bolsheviks and now a former KGB agent + oligarchs.
Russia’s history as a staunch ally of the USA and the West, including its actions that prevented outside nations from taking advantage of the chaos during our Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and absorbing the brunt of casualties fighting the Central Powers in WWI and Axis Powers in WWII (both enemies included Germany, who had a hand in the Bolshevik Revolution).
Why did Russia remain a boogeyman for the West even after the Berlin Wall fell?
Economics: Is it really necessary for NATO to exist to keep a single nation in check whose GDP is a fraction of each of the leaders of NATO?
What happened to the one Western leader who knew how to effectively manage a relationship with Russia?
Why were Western sanctions against Russia implemented by the Biden Regime so counterproductive?
How have all of these things morphed into the current geopolitical Shitshow that we’re facing?
From Tsars to Bolsheviks to Boogeymen: a history of the Western & Russian evolution from allies to frenemies to enemies
Topics covered in this edition
Why the “know your enemy” mantra is so important - and dangerous that so many “leaders” in DC and the Pentagon seem to ignore it these days.
A brief history of Russia, how it went from being ruled by a Tsar who was blood-related to the rest of the world’s rulers to Bolsheviks and now a former KGB agent + oligarchs.
Russia’s history as a staunch ally of the USA and the West, including its actions that prevented outside nations from taking advantage of the chaos during our Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and absorbing the brunt of casualties fighting the Central Powers in WWI and Axis Powers in WWII (both enemies included Germany, who had a hand in the Bolshevik Revolution).
Why did Russia remain a boogeyman for the West even after the Berlin Wall fell?
Economics: Is it really necessary for NATO to exist to keep a single nation in check whose GDP is a fraction of each of the leaders of NATO?
What happened to the one Western leader who knew how to effectively manage a relationship with Russia?
Why were Western sanctions against Russia implemented by the Biden Regime so counterproductive?
How have all of these things morphed into the current geopolitical Shitshow that we’re facing?