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ReditSarge t1_j5me0wl wrote

Reply to comment by HuckleSmothered 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

Follow the money.

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HuckleSmothered t1_j5mea14 wrote

It points this way 🇷🇺

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ReditSarge t1_j5mhwlj wrote

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.

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HuckleSmothered t1_j5mm95e wrote

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.

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ReditSarge t1_j5pzhoa wrote

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.

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