[Steve_Seattle]

"Putin, even before the eeevil U.S. missile shield, was aiding and abetting every communist/leftist organization on the planet, even paying agents of disinformation who imagined Alex-Jones type conspiracy theories in Spanish speaking news papers. (I’m referring to one of the “spies” busted awhile back; she was ignored, as the focus was on the hot red head at the time. The propagandist got a new job at the Moscow Times, and Alex Jones parrots her views.)"

What is your point about Alex Jones? He's a communist dupe? And do American leftist groups need any help from Putin? They seem to be doing quite all right - very motivated and very well-funded - on their own. And is Putin promoting "communism" or Russian revivalism, Russian nationalism? It seems to me to be the latter.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

What is your point about Alex Jones? He's a communist dupe?

Yes, the information he displays is not very different from what known agents of Moscow put forward, or what occurs in Moscow controlled media, believe it or not. Jones is not incredibly original.

And do American leftist groups need any help from Putin?

Read books like "I lived Four Lives: Communist, Citizen, Counterspy," and you'll see that soviet involvement in "leftist groups" has always been very heavy, and is still ongoing.

And is Putin promoting "communism" or Russian revivalism, Russian nationalism? It seems to me to be the latter.

There is a different between nationalism and patriotism, the latter being what we have in the United States. The former being the cause between, say, Russian soldiers burning an American flag and saying "We are coming for you!". (There was a video like that during the Georgian war.) Nationalism in Russia is more of the cult of personality method, more Naziish, and everything is controlled by the state, even the other parties; and, I will add, voter participation in Russia is notoriously low, and Putin's rate of winning, and the manner behind it, is notoriously fraudulent.