Cedarford ignores that Putin is aiming to kill a lot of Americans through proxy nuclear attacks on the US continental soil by Iran. That’s why Russia is helping Iran nuke up.

It’s the game of Last Man Standing. Russia does not have to be great, just the survivor.

This is not the Cold War, and Bill Clinton’s decision to allow Pakistan to nuke up has a consequence, the inevitable (within 20 years or so) nuking of NYC and/or DC. That’s a given.

Once that happens, the elites will of course peddle “it’s all our fault” or what have you (the Pat Buchanon “it’s the Jews!” conspiracy theories will be in the mix). Non-response guarantees more cities die and Wretchard’s third conjecture comes into play. Once the reality of nuclear proliferation set in there was no other option.

The elites are both lazy and corporatist — a nasty amalgamation of “progressive” elements, meets Mussolini and Che. They are also unable to comprehend the equalizing effect of nuclear technology — allowing poor nations and minor thugs to kill millions of Americans and gain power in their own nations. Over nations.

If much of human history is the struggle between thuggery and the rule of law, the balance has for now swung back to thuggery as the rule of law has been unable and unwilling to crush the thugs when it had the chance.

You can already see thuggery starting to rule European cities (various no-go areas for non-Muslims) and that will only get worse.