[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ufpj-activist] Very interesting analysis of US-Russia relationship

[Karen Aram]

Mort

I know the author of the article from Kevin Zeese, or did during the 70’s, assuming there weren’t two Raymond Smith’s during the Soviet era, at the same posting in Moscow. The article reflects a more positive take on Russia than I would have expected from him.  


> On Dec 27, 2016, at 01:54, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> And here is an almost too leg-pulling account of Obama’s Russian policy:
> 
> http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2016/12/is-obama-russian-agent.html
> 
> ['To "pull one's leg", as a saying, ... dates back to the mid-1800s in England, and refers to physically tripping up another person, which puts him off balance, possibly makes him collide with others in awkward ways, and generally makes him look foolish. It quickly evolved to mean achieving that result - making a person look foolish - regardless of the specific means used. The most popular means to do so is to tell a deliberate plausible non-truth which, if believed, would lead the person react foolishly.’]
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> —CGE
> 
>> On Dec 26, 2016, at 10:17 PM, Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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>> FYI
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: Kevin Zeese <kbzeese at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [ufpj-activist] Very interesting analysis of US-Russia relationship
>>> Date: December 26, 2016 at 9:46:50 PM CST
>>> To: ufpj-activist <ufpj-activist at lists.mayfirst.org>
>>> 
>>> This is a link to a well informed, balanced view of Russia and how the
>>> US should relate to Russia. It comes from the publication of the American Foreign Service Association which represents more than 32,000 active and retired Foreign Service employees of the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
>>> and other US foreign policy agencies. It is quite a counter-balance to the propaganda of US media and the bi-partisans in Washington, DC who act like they are ignorant of the facts in this article and are encouraging US-Russian conflict.
>>> 
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>>> http://www.afsa.org/understanding-russian-foreign-policy-today
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