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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The US - Russia - Germany Triangle and the Trump Affair | Opinion: Why the ‘Trump Dossier’ is no victory for Putin | In the era of Donald Trump, Germans debate a military buildup - 3.6.17 | Germany rearms: German government planning major military build-up | If Russia tried to influence the U.S. election, things aren’t going as planned | M.N.: "Trump Affair" как "Германская многоходовка": тупая, неуклюжая, бессильно-лицемерно-мстительная по замыслу, и искусно, методично выполненная по технике. Результаты говорят сами за себя. Кому выгодно? Кому нужно? Что получилось? | Trump as the product of German Intelligence | Трамп: Германская многоходовка 2016 - Google Search

TRUMP NEWS REVIEW - "The Trump Dossier"

"The leak of the dossier to everyone in the world means it does not truly benefit Russian interests at all. Just leaking it and embarrassing the president-elect, with no real proof or ‘smoking gun’ evidence attached and no ulterior geostrategic purpose achieved, means this story will fade away and be replaced by some other titillating report. To a large degree, this has already happened. Thus, the Russians have lost what they hoped to be tremendous strategic leverage behind the scenes and down the road. Ergo, no victory for Putin.

Americans still trying to position it as a victory for Putin are simply not astute in the ways of real geopolitics and strategy. And that applies even for the supposed Russian experts here in America, who do so much advising today to media and governmental elites. The current state of ‘Russian expertise’ in America is extremely disappointing and dull. We currently live in times that have Washington DC and the Slavic Studies community obsessed with pushing a very narrow and very cliché orthodox narrative about the Russian Federation and its motivations. That narrative pushes the idea that the only thing Kremlin officials do is to sit around tables recklessly and illogically pondering ways to ‘surpass’ the United States with no real calculation for national interests. Appending that two-page summary to the formal presidential briefing is confirmation of how far this relationship-environment between Washington and Moscow has fallen. The United States Intelligence Community basically felt reluctantly compelled to discuss what was nothing more than a de facto TMZ gossip report. That fact alone signals that the immediate future of Russian-American relations will remain dark and stormy."

Opinion: Why the ‘Trump Dossier’ is no victory for Putin

The Trump Dossier Is Fake -- And Here Are The Reasons Why - by Paul Roderick Gregory

The Trump Dossier - GS

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Published on 2/18/17, updated on 3.6.17

In the era of Donald Trump, Germans debate a military buildup https://t.co/wl4QINRn1C
— Mike Nova (@mikenov) March 6, 2017

Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, visited troops during a training exercise in southern Germany in March. Credit Christof Stache/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

In a Reversal, Germany’s Military Growth Is Met With Western Relief - NYT - 6.5.16:

"But whether on its own or with others, Germany is showing signs of growing more comfortable with embracing a bigger military role, a gradual but distinct shift away from an instinctive pacifism that took hold starting in 1945, and a post-Cold War tendency to shrink the nation’s military.

The shift started becoming publicly apparent in 2014, when Germany’s president and foreign and defense ministers all urged an increased global security role for the country at the annual Munich Security Conference. Weeks later, Russia’s leader, President Vladimir V. Putin, annexed Crimea from Ukraine.

Since then, Germany has responded by helping to build a NATO rapid response force in Eastern Europe, leading the diplomacy efforts in Ukraine, and training and arming Kurdish pesh merga battling the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Now, a new government strategy document, the first such “White Book” in 10 years, is being prepared. It is likely both to bolster Germany’s role on the world stage — beyond its traditional sphere of activity in Europe — and to talk explicitly of military contributions."

German rearmament 2016

Germany expands its army for first time since Cold War in response to threat of Isil https://t.co/SY0mJZiZq3 via @telegraphnews
— Mike Nova (@mikenov) February 18, 2017

"The German government is using the mounting conflict between NATO and Russia to massively rearm the military. This is underscored by an article in the latest edition of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel.
The title page of the article sums it up. Defence minister Ursula Von der Leyen stands before a tank smiling, surrounded by German army soldiers armed to the teeth. This is the gruesome smile of German militarism, which is attempting to return to the world stage after two world wars and horrific crimes."

In Europe, Pence says US will hold Russia accountable - by Ken Thomas | AP

M.N.: Ms. Merkel could not look happier.

If Russia tried to influence the U.S. election, things aren’t going as planned https://t.co/b2VoFF2CVK
— Mike Nova (@mikenov) February 18, 2017

"The Kremlin may not have expected a dramatic shift in relations in the early days of the Trump administration, unlike some lawmakers. But that doesn’t mean it expected so little.

“The decision-makers were probably less prone to feel very positive about Trump’s being elected, but nonetheless they certainly had hopes,”said Posner. “These hopes certainly seem to be being dashed.”

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2.18.17 - Pence and Merkel embrace NATO but differ on transatlantic partnership by Michael Birnbaum and Ashley Parker | In Europe, Pence says US will hold Russia accountable by Ken Thomas | AP | Trump’s Pick to Replace Flynn Turns Down the Job - NYT | Mattis shot back: "I have no need to respond to the Russian statement at all. NATO has always stood for military strength and protection of the democracies and the freedoms we intend to pass on to our children." - Reuters

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M.N.: "Trump Affair" как "Германская многоходовка": тупая, неуклюжая, бессильно-лицемерно-мстительная по замыслу, но искусная и методичная. Posted by mikenov on Sat Feb 18 10:22:26 2017. mikenov on Twitter

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Трамп: Германская многоходовка 2016 - Google Search

Trump as the product of German Intelligence - Google Search

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News - 9:39 AM 2/17/2017

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M.N.: The full disclosures, gentlemen! [And the gentle ladies! - M.N.]

The possible role of the German Intelligence in the current Trump - Russians Affair | "But what is really needed at this point is a full and complete debrief for the American people from Trump himself." - WP

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M.N.: "Trump Affair" как "Германская многоходовка": тупая, неуклюжая, бессильно-лицемерно-мстительная по замыслу, и искусно, методично выполненная по технике.
Результаты говорят сами за себя. Кому выгодно? Кому нужно? Что получилось?

For the Germans, it looks like, this is also the obvious and obsessive replay of their heart breaking national drama, which they still try to digest: the causes, origins, and the development of the Totalitarianism (most recently and notably, the Hitlerism).

The Russians have much less problems with this issues, it seems, although they suffered just as much, if not much more from the mirror historical phenomenon of Stalinism, possibly because the psycho-historically, they have much less of the reflective, mores-seeking, protestant-tinged conflict sets about the dilemmas of Domination and Submission, and all powerful, on the border with the tyrannical, in the rays of the Golden Horde, paternalistic oppressive state, a long historical memory and the pathological nostalgia for the times of the Mongol-Tatar yoke, which is there own drama, in the need of obsessive-compulsive replay, in a joint poltico-historical festival with their main European neighbor and interlocutor, especially recently, the always hated and the always loved by them Germany.

Some nice show: "The stupid, crude, and aggressive Ivan tried to fuck up the good old, but getting somewhat senile, and excessively trusting Uncle Sam, by installing their own man as the President. But the good old Germanic spirit of democracy and the traditions of the honest civil service took over, and victoriously saved the country, the "second Germany". Everyone lived very happily thereafter and continued to make their regular monthly deposits to their "Deutchland-Uber-Alles" bank accounts. Gloria! In excel-sis! Sis! Sis! SOS?! SOS?!

The end results, so far, are:

German government planning major military build-up

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen before a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 15, 2017. (Virginia Mayo/AFP/Getty Images)

Merkel and Trump agree on at least one thing: Germans should spend more on defense by Anthony Faiola
German defence minister announces massive increase in military budget
Germany defence
Germany rearms - Google Search
Germany’s Merkel to US: uphold, strengthen multilateralism by Associated Press
Germany expands its army for first time since Cold War in response to threat of Isil

In good old Soviet times the fears and talks about the German revanchism were everywhere in the Soviet press. Was and is there any basis in them?

Updated on 12.18.17 | First Published on 2/17/17, 9:48 AM EST

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Трамп: Германская многоходовка 2016 - Google Search
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