Yes, there seems to be a Russian mindset that goes back centuries.
During the latter Bush administration, I felt like I was a neo-conservative, whatever the definition of that protean term actually is, and bought into the notion that everyone is motivated by Maslow’s Hierarchy, desiring the same things in life and thus similar in outlook.
The invasion of Iraq with its subsequent revelation of the Muslim mentality disabused me of the presumption that people are mostly alike.
They’re not. And outside the perimeter of Western CIv, nothing can be taken for granted. Nothing.
For all our faults, USA tends to learn from our mistakes and continue to pave the way forward for the world both in putting the past into perspective (declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel.)
And leasing the world into the future. (SpaceX launch yesterday anyone?)
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For all our faults, USA tends to learn from our mistakes and continues to pave the way forward for the world both in putting the past into perspective (declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel.)
And leading the world into the future. (SpaceX launch yesterday anyone?)
Many reasons for this...we are blessed to be citizens of this great nation.