[CondoleezzaProtege]

Hill and Gaddy identified six separate personas Putin demonstrates: the Statist, the History Man, the Survivalist, the Outsider, the Free Marketeer and the Case Officer.”

The persona that Hill and Gaddy describe as being the most dangerous is the Case Officer. Putin learned how to read people and identify their vulnerabilities during his 15 years as a KGB officer.

Hill and Gaddy explain that the fall of the Soviet Union, and Russia’s struggle to rebuild in the 1990s, instilled in Putin a fierce desire to make Russia a dominating force once again and get vengeance on the West for pushing his nation down in the first place.

Quoting Putin from his first year in office:

“In order to work with people effectively, you have to be able to establish a dialogue and bring out the best in your partner. If you want to achieve the result you have to respect your partner. And to respect means to recognize that he is in some way better than you are. You should make that person an ally, make him feel that there is something that unites you, that you have some common goals. That skill I think is the most important skill.”

"Fiona Hill - 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" - Erin Laviola, Heavy.com

[BenLurkin]

I’m betting he did not grab her.......anywhere.

[Davy Crocket]

President Trump will claim Executive Privilege! I would..

[cba123]

This article seems to have an anti-Putin bias.

It says “Hill and Gaddy explain that the fall of the Soviet Union, and Russia’s struggle to rebuild in the 1990s, instilled in Putin a fierce desire to make Russia a dominating force once again and get vengeance on the West for pushing his nation down in the first place.”

But the article says, seemingly to support that claim, support that, has a very neutral bit quoted from Putin:

“In order to work with people effectively, you have to be able to establish a dialogue and bring out the best in your partner. If you want to achieve the result you have to respect your partner. And to respect means to recognize that he is in some way better than you are. You should make that person an ally, make him feel that there is something that unites you, that you have some common goals. That skill I think is the most important skill.”

[aquila48]

“In order to work with people effectively, you have to be able to establish a dialogue and bring out the best in your partner. If you want to achieve the result you have to respect your partner. And to respect means to recognize that he is in some way better than you are. You should make that person an ally, make him feel that there is something that unites you, that you have some common goals. That skill I think is the most important skill.”

I see nothing wrong with that attitude.

[McGruff]

...who isn’t afraid to blackmail other foreign leaders...

So why wouldn’t he want Hillary to be president not Trump?

[McGruff]

Some claim she’s a Soros mole.

Incredibly McMaster has also recruited a former Soros staffer from his Open Society Institute, Fiona Hill, as the NSC’s expert on Russia. Hill has been pressuring the Hungarian and Romanian governments to stop their resistance to Soros efforts to undermine those democratically elected governments

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/why-mcmaster-has-to-go/

[GOPJ]

If the Intelligence Bureaucracy was half as smart as they think they are the world would be in much better shape.

[GOPJ]

I think she’s saying if you want a friend in Moscow it’s best to get a dog.

Where have I heard that sentiment before?