Phil Butler
As citizens interested in policy, we can
learn a great deal from the quasi-academic studies on Russian foreign
relations strategies. A cursory review of any English language archive
of academic papers on Putin, Russia, or even the word “oligarch” will
produce a score of experts with doctorates who “know” exactly what
Russia and her president are “up to.” My latest excursion into the
knowledge vault at Academia.edu may be the benchmark for all future
Russophobic genius.
In a white paper entitled “Putin’s Grand Strategy and US National Interests,” Dr. Christopher Marsh just comes right out
and calls Russia a bunch of criminals led by an archvillain. From my
perspective as an American citizen who actually studied Russia-US policy
and detente objectively, it’s discomforting to know the military and
our military industrial complex hold this dangerous attitude. I’ll
explain why.
Dr. Christopher Marsh is a Senior Fellow
in the Center for Strategic Studies at the Joint Special Operations
University at US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). While this begins
to sink in, let me explain that Dr. Marsh is “teaching” America’s
brave, stalwart, and truthfully loyal Doberman Pinchers (Navy Seals
etc.) that their missions to thwart Putin are from God. Or, for those
agnostics on Seal Team Six, that anybody they snuff out from behind with
a custom made Winkler belt knife deserves it. Sorry, I’m no pacifists,
but academic propaganda fed into skilled killers is where the metal hits
the meat. Marsh is just full of it, let me show you.
The white paper in question begins with
the pretense that the author intends to “examine” whether or not Putin
and Russia have a strategy. The author sets up his audience by
pretending objectivity, then carries on to brainwash his readership (and
class audience) that Putin does indeed want to take over the world.
Here is the lead in:
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