Mr Smith! Nice! I'll see your point, and raise you one:
"Sergey Markov, former advisor to President Putin" said that Russia "crushed Napoleon... Hitler" and that "we will crush Washington". (BBC "The Real Story"). This in the context of their supposed "de-Nazifying" of Ukraine
Markov equates contemporary America, us, with Napoleon, who in 1799 ordered, "3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition". (Oxfordreference.com), and he equates us with Hitler.
The American Nazi newspaper (Stormy Donalds?) endorsed Trump for president in 2016.
The pro-Russia, American voters are led by Trump. Russia wants to "crush Washington".
The pro-Russia, pro-Trump Americans in Congress, like Mike Johnson - are they profoundly ignorant, or are they trying to hide sedition in plain sight?
I'm interested in that term "crush." I wish for a linguist familiar with Russian and English. I wonder if there's an interesting explanation for the harsh word "crush" as there was for Krushchev's "We will bury you," in about 1962, when "bury" in that case was said to refer to the long haul of history, not as a present-day threat. I don't know if that was true then, or how pugnacious "crush" really is now. Any Russophiles out there who could advise?
Thank you. It was interesting to read about Krushchev, the comment you mention, and the history and attitudes making up the context around it - the debate then was so similar to today that it under-scores the above comment about our not learning.
(I think I learned, however, that maybe I can simmer down a little)
What frustrates me though, is that Trump’s base cannot be moved in spite of all the evidence that a second term will be disastrous to the U.S. I was interested to read that Lindbergh appropriately lost favor but as yet Trump loyalists remain glued to him.
But the America First people were pretty numerous right up to Pearl Harbor. And were represented at high levels of American industry and business. It took a conflagration to shake them. I wonder what would be a parallel today.
We don’t learn. From history, or much else it seems.
Mr Smith! Nice! I'll see your point, and raise you one:
"Sergey Markov, former advisor to President Putin" said that Russia "crushed Napoleon... Hitler" and that "we will crush Washington". (BBC "The Real Story"). This in the context of their supposed "de-Nazifying" of Ukraine
Markov equates contemporary America, us, with Napoleon, who in 1799 ordered, "3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition". (Oxfordreference.com), and he equates us with Hitler.
The American Nazi newspaper (Stormy Donalds?) endorsed Trump for president in 2016.
The pro-Russia, American voters are led by Trump. Russia wants to "crush Washington".
The pro-Russia, pro-Trump Americans in Congress, like Mike Johnson - are they profoundly ignorant, or are they trying to hide sedition in plain sight?
I'm interested in that term "crush." I wish for a linguist familiar with Russian and English. I wonder if there's an interesting explanation for the harsh word "crush" as there was for Krushchev's "We will bury you," in about 1962, when "bury" in that case was said to refer to the long haul of history, not as a present-day threat. I don't know if that was true then, or how pugnacious "crush" really is now. Any Russophiles out there who could advise?
Thank you. It was interesting to read about Krushchev, the comment you mention, and the history and attitudes making up the context around it - the debate then was so similar to today that it under-scores the above comment about our not learning.
(I think I learned, however, that maybe I can simmer down a little)
What frustrates me though, is that Trump’s base cannot be moved in spite of all the evidence that a second term will be disastrous to the U.S. I was interested to read that Lindbergh appropriately lost favor but as yet Trump loyalists remain glued to him.
But the America First people were pretty numerous right up to Pearl Harbor. And were represented at high levels of American industry and business. It took a conflagration to shake them. I wonder what would be a parallel today.