China hacks us more than all other countries combined.
Why is Russia the boogeyman....
the color of their skin
Based on the data and stats I see for the very large bank I work for, that's a true statement.
Europe and their economies would profit and do by holding Russia down. They have immense resources and are turning back to Christian faith, look into it I know you will find it is true. The “Godless” communists of the USSR have been removed and the nation is not the same. I am not denigrating the United States in which I was born in favor of them This is what a lot of research shows that in the larger sense does not involve our medias messages. Crimean Parliament and people voted to rejoin Russian Federation in 2014, here is the link which the usual suspects said was a sham, and that Russia “annexed” that country
This is critical as Crimea gives Russia a warm water port from which they can ship their goods and other products, like LNG, Oil and others. Denying them that access goes back a long time to the Crimean war with England who is utterly dependent on sea trade. Given access to this they can compete with European nations or trade more openly. In my assessment they are not the old Soviet Republic anymore. Putin was elected and it was not fixed as it used to be, he is working hard to rid his country of the Oligarchs and other parasites that were bleeding his country dry. We spend 10X the amount they do on Military, and more than the next 4-5 countries in the list combined.
China cannot be denied access to the Ocean and their issues are similar to Russia’s and even North Korea’s. Xi is Premier for life which means he can now break down the militarists hold on the country as can Kim in North Korea. The business o death leads no where but to the bank for those in the right positions, such as bankers and others. A Eisenhower called it, The Military Industrial Complex. He knows that his society is no longer The Maoist Red pajama wearing red book waving horde, but a country flush with business and having banking issues as he turns them from a Communist nation into one that can participate in the world, not take it over.
I know this all may seem a bit loony to some but the knot is being untied slowly but definably, it is most certainly not the world and world view I grew up in but I prefer peace to power conflicts always. That is not to say we suddenly lay down our arms and sing kumbaya, peace through strength but not always looking for fight to get into, or worse starting them as the “Agencies” have been doing for decades.
We have all we need here without really much from others except open markets and reciprocally structured trade agreements that are fair to both sides. The EU seeks to have things both ways and when Russia turns her ship of industry into the wind they better be ready, and I through and through do not see them as a conqueror, but a country that wants to exist and prosper where they are and from what they have and all the others should do do as well