HuckleSmothered t1_j5lrjx2 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 10:19 PM

Reply to comment by babydick18 in Germany: 5 charged with treason in suspected terror plot. Public prosecutors said the suspects had planned to create "civil war-like conditions" in Germany. They are also accused of plotting to kidnap the health minister by DoremusJessup

Corrupt, always assume corrupt.

ReditSarge t1_j5me0wl wrote on January 24, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Follow the money.

HuckleSmothered t1_j5mea14 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 12:56 AM

It points this way 🇷🇺

ReditSarge t1_j5mhwlj wrote on January 24, 2023 at 1:23 AM

I am shocked, shocked to find out that Russian influence is going on in here.

But seriously, Russian influence has been creeping into American power structures since before the fall of the USSR.

HuckleSmothered t1_j5mm95e wrote on January 24, 2023 at 1:55 AM

I mean half the point of the cold war was to keep up the cold war. Both sides were making BANK keeping that scam going.

ReditSarge t1_j5pzhoa wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:31 PM

Some people on both sides were getting rich, no doubt. Ultimately both nations were eventually going to go bankrupt spending money they didn't have while accumulating debt. The only difference was that the US could afford to absorb the debt while the USSR could not.