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The head of the FBI James Komi said that Russia is the biggest threat on Earth. He said this at the Senate hearings on the influence of Russia on the elections of 2016 in the United States. He noted that Russia - "this is the biggest threat of all on Earth, on the basis of its intentions and capabilities

How does he know what Putin's intentions are?
It's funny that Kim is threatening to nuke the US and is launching missiles towards Japan and they are talking about Russia. The USA are at the moment involved in more armed operations around the globe than Russia, look who's talking.

The Russian nuzzled too many diversions and wars around the world. Russia's capabilities are much more than North Korea. I think that is why Russia is more dangerous than North Korea.

Russia is just trying to defend their own interest, besides USA had more or equal power army than russia it is obvius that Russi will prepare for the worst case.

The world's largest armed force US
The world's largest weapon industry in the US
But the biggest threat is not the US!
The real danger is the capitalist order.

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What is Russia's own interest? Why can't everyone be happy sitting at home being nice inside their own borders? Same goes for the USA and many other places too.

This is because all countries cannot live in isolation. Politics and economy of one country can affect the situation in ten other countries. For example, Russia. Why it is fighting in Syria? In order to prevent the supply of Arab oil to Europe. It would kill the already weak economy of this country. It turns out that Russian is beneficial to the war in Syria will never end. The world is ruled by money.

In my opinion, the United States is currently the biggest threat to the continuous survival of the human race in this planet. The US has invaded more than 70 nations during the last seven decades and till now, they are the only ones who have used nuclear weapons against a civilian population.

James komi is realized this now. Putin told Obama and Hilary Clinton in 2012 the something and he is still the greatest threat to humanity. If it is reality that the almighty American electoral system and empires can be compromise by Russian then even American military, finance, health and air space can also be hack by Russian and by then who will survive.

Russia only defends itself, because it really has the opportunity to do it well. And any war allegedly from the Russian side is financed by secret world rulers.

When the US interfere the internal affairs of other nations, they are not the largest threat on earth. When US started war to other middle eastern countries etc they are not the largest threat to the earth. When US interest was threatened,those country they accused was the greatest threat to the eath. LOL I rest my case.

Russia is not a threat to the whole Earth, it's maybe a threat to USA and USA is not the whole world. What is a real threat is this non-stop passive-agressive conflict between these two countries.

Us Senator John McCain has promised to make all efforts to find different ways to introduce new sanctions against the Russian Federation. "We will consider other options, including within the framework of the Senate Committee on armed forces," McCain said. According to him, delaying the introduction of new sanctions only emboldens the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
"It's time to take real measures, including the strengthening of sanctions to punish destabilizing behavior of Russia and to counteract its malign influence", concluded McCain. You think McCain does not understand the situation? Sure he knows more than you.

Just because we (and I say we because I'm a US citizen) are the most powerful doesn't mean we are the most dangerous. Think of a rouge state like N Korea, or even some random terrorist with a knife and a car; they are more dangerous than us. Why? Because they want to kill people. We (the US) don't want to kill anybody unless they're doing something really bad.

Take Syria for example, we killed 6 terrorists in the process of taking out a chemical weapons facility that was being used to poison gas bomb civilians. We were not a danger there, we saved lives and made the world a better place.

Errr What? Do you even remember how the Communist Soviet union fell? How do you think it is living in Cuba right now? If we replace Capitalism with Socialism or Communism than we will end up like them.

Maybe for now, but it has a history of fighting abroad. I'm thinking about supplying Vietnam against the USA and invading Afghanistan.
If you're calling this country defensive, how would you call countries that haven't attacked anyone in the last 100 years, and there are many?

That is the worst kind of statement the united states of america has. If you read the news the United States of America has deployed several nuclear weapons across europe. This just implies the the US have not stopped creating weapons of mass destruction, though they are invading countries who they said are making weapons of mass destruction but eventually it is them who are making it. US is the biggest threat to earth they have several weapons of mass destruction at their disposal.

And name me one country bordering Russia which is not subjected to pressure and military aggression from Russia. Don't suffer only the Baltic States and Poland because they are members of NATO.

Russia isn't a threat to any country other than USA and its allies.

USA=/=World

Those egoistical fucks see themselves as "the world", here is their problem. Even after nuking Japan, the same sick mind still leads the country. USA can't always be the winner. Sometimes you gotta "lose". Soon USA will learn how to lose.

While the nuke killed a lot of people; a lot of people (both Americans and Japanese) would have died fighting because the Japanese government decided it would be willing to let most (if not all) it’s citizens die to keep their power. There was no “non-violent” way out there.

Really? I don’t see the US losing any war anytime soon (not at least unless there’s some big nuclear war, in which case everybody loses).

Yes, because NATO just seems to be the US protecting Europe.

Yes, because the US government needs to have WMDs to remind countries not to attack. It is a whole different situation when the US invades a country to stop them from owning a WMD that they’ll probably use to destroy another country with (think places like N Korea).

If you go back 2500-7000 years ago you will see they are the same people fighting over the same things, though back then it was in the name of the kings and queens but now is in the name of democracy, it's not about the race and beliefs but about the human nature, we want to have and own and control everything and at the same time it's our own fault in order to feel safe we have given the governments everything they wanted without remembering the said nature and not thinking that they might turn against us.

Yet they have turned against us all, no one in the world is happy and satisfied with their governments, are you?

If you are American and have a false sense of security and feel safe because of the army and military arsenals they have built, then by all means go ask them to do something that the people really want.

How could they do polls before elections and somehow get to know their people's votes but would they create polls to reach a consensus when it comes to major decisions?
More than 300m people live in US and they're being ruled by less than 2000 individuals.
Same goes for every single country.

The lose USA is going to experience won't be like a regular war where you kill and get killed.

It will be a financial one. Free hint for you: Gold.

If you think USA will stay king forever by printing FIAT then you must be high. Sooner or later bubbles will start popping and USD will be a dead currency. (it is already dead tbh, we are playing the extensions)

I have great hopes for bitcoin, but let's be realistic. Soon it will not happen. Besides, we still don't know how it will work in America when they feel a real threat from bitcoin.

Do not underestimate the dollar. If the world falls down then only gold can become dimensional materials. Bitcoin primarily depends on electricity and the Internet

The whole world is not falling. Somewhere Yes the electricity will be. I think that sooner or later will be released by cash gold bitcoin. This will be the beginning of the end of the dollar. The hegemony of the United States can not be eternal.

No one is underestimating the US Dollar. Other currencies such as the Euro and the CNY have been trying to displace the USD as the currency of international trade for quite some time now. But they have failed miserably.

Not at this rate, Trump has been slowly cutting back on the National Debt. If things continue at this rate  USD won’t be collapsing any time soon.

Actually @mindrust was. A lot.

The US backs its fiat with military strength. Not Gold..  ::)

Whoever tries to derail the US economy will be met with WAR. Just like what happened in Iran when Saddam started to sell his oil for euros.

It seems to me that the Americans have nothing to do with bitcoin, but they may prevent the conversion of bitcoin into other currencies. This can significantly reduce the demand for it if it is not established free circulation of bitcoins.

How is it possible to prevent the conversion of BTC to fiat? Even if they close down the exchange sites (which is practically impossible), the conversion will still occur among peer-to-peer networks.

I agree the Russia is the biggest danger they have hundreds of bases around the world and unilaterally attack countries with no provocation and bomb them into submission. The for the last 40+ years constantly fight a war somewhere sometimes two wars at once. They also print their money and force other countries to use it. I can go on why Russia is such an evil power on this world. Russia needs to just focus on their own interest and mind their own business and not go around the planet and act like it owns the planet and tell every other country what to do and how to behave.

Software is protected by the 1st amendment (freedom of speech), so blocking/banning Bitcoin would likely be considered an act of censorship meaning an attempt to ban it would be stopped by the constitution. I don’t think that the US will be hindering Bitcoin anytime soon; in fact I heard it has really boosted in popularity on the west coast in the last few years.

Of course I can very likely see most of Europe, China, and Russia restricting or outright banning Bitcoin in a struggle to remain in complete control of their citizens.

Good joke mate.
If we are talking about surveillance of the own population then the US is on par with china, russia & saudi arabia.
Europe in contrast would be like disneyland & paradise in one place for you people.

Russia lacks the global reach to challenge America. As Putin noted in an interview with an Italian journalist: “Publish a world map and mark all the U.S. military bases on it. You will see the difference between Russia and the U.S.” Moscow also lacks the economic foundation to match the U.S. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, “One effect of the country’s deteriorating economic situation has been the delay in concluding the next State Armament Program; originally intended to have been started in 2016, this has now been pushed back to 2018.”

Do not underestimate the Russian. They are really much weaker America and will never be able to confront her openly, but they can lead a quite successful guerrilla struggle against the us. Any action Americans met opposition from Russia. It cannot stop the Americans, but significantly increases the cost of American operations, and sometimes leads to additional casualties among American soldiers.

From what i see, USA's military strength ain't doing any good against countries like Russia, China and Iran. That's why i said it will be a financial defeat. They can't use their army against the real threats because the enemy is also equipped with the same weapons. (nuclear)

Now USA can't start the war they need, the lose is inevitable. USA's economy depends on wars. All those weapons need to be used. Warehouses are filled with guns/missiles/tanks/helicopters. Gun sellers are going mad but they still can't start a war because there is a chance for USA to lose. That's why they pick NK instead of big boys but they still don't have the courage to attack  8)

I hope you all got the picture now.

But I wasn't talking surveillance (I believe I was pretty clear), I was talking freedom. There’s a big difference between the government watching the unencrypted portions of my internet (like the US) and the government taking away some or all of my freedoms (like Europe, China, Russia, and the middle east). Part of my freedom is the ability to thwart government spying 8).

PS: I heard that England, Canada, and Germany have all been starting to spy on their citizens as well. I’m sure Europe is (or will be in the near future) spying on their citizens and it’s only a matter of time before that is leaked too.

PPS: I never said the US is perfect; I was only pointing out the fact that I have freedoms which would prevent the government from blocking Bitcoin, Tor, enacting censorship, ect.

PPPS:
I hate the idea of going to disneyland, way to crowded and chaotic.

Depends on where you are in Europe. The UK is right up there with us, they are more intrusive in a 'you are always on camera' sense than the 'we are recording your communications' type of way. The reason China and Russia (not Europe) would ban bitcoin is the nature of government there, citizens already have little power versus the state enforcement arm. These are two cultures in which you can get 'disappeared'. Both countries are also having a problem with capital flight, due to said nature of.these govs.

To be fair, the EU has done alot to protect its citizens from mass surveillance (especially against us).


And for the record, the most intrusive nations are:

China, Malaysia and Russia scored lowest, followed jointly by Singapore and the United Kingdom, then jointly by Taiwan, Thailand and the United States. The best ranking was given to Greece, which was judged to have 'adequate safeguards against abuse'.[8]

Everything that could cause mass destruction with people, media, and all those kinds of stuff could be a threat, not just a person, but to people that lives innocently or maybe who are also guilty would feel that. The threat is not something to be taken lightly and I think Russia has the potential to be a threat.

The difference is that Russia has the potential to be a threat and the United States has proven itself to be a threat. The US is the only country which has used nukes against the civilian population. Also, they have invaded 70+ nations ever since the end of WW2.

And how many countries were invaded by Russians? All 70+ where the Americans fought on the other side fought the Russians. You are no better. Besides, if you watch it everywhere where USA wins people's lives become better, and where the defeated Russian people lived worse.

Russia has sent its army to a few nations, such as Afghanistan and North Korea. But it has never tried to invade another nation using its army. Also, it has never tried to topple democratically elected governments.

You contradict yourself. Unless Russia did not enter the occupation troops in Afghanistan? Besides, you forgot the occupation of Moldova,Georgia and Ukraine. Kaliningrad oblast is also an occupied territory.

Where have you been for the last 70 years? The Soviet Union occupied the whole of Eastern Europe and ruled millions of people with an iron fist, which they are still recovering from today and will be for generations to come.

Do not forget,
Those countries also bought chemical weapons technology from US
What matters is who manufactures and sells the weapon?
Capital is a supernatural power.
Be either capitalist or socialist. The world manages capital.
That was what I was trying to tell.


an old caricature came to my mind:

Hey you, take these guns yours.
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Oh no! They have weapons in their hands.
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Let's send soldiers right now and protect the world.

What will you call Crimea War and annexation of Crimea then?

It was a direct attack and violation of sovereignty of Ukraine. Do you remember what Russia promised in Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances?
Once Ukraine had the world's third largest nuclear weapons stockpile, they give up this arsenal for the promise of territorial integrity and assurances against threats or use of force against them by Russia.

Russian always see only what they want to see. The consequences of propaganda. Why should they think if you can watch Putin TV, and you all specifically explained. That is why they will never be part of the civilized world. They are forever stuck between Europe and Asia.

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Crimea was a part of the Russian Federation until 1954, and the population is overwhelmingly ethnic Russian. In 1954, the region was forcibly merged with Ukraine. So there is nothing wrong in Crimea returning to Russia.

And regarding nuclear weapons, Russia is regarded as the successor nation to the USSR. Only they were allowed to keep the nukes, and the other nations such as Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan.etc gave up their weapons.

You Imperial psychology. The Russians somehow think themselves privileged nation. This is your problem. Except you no one else thinks so and it will contribute to constant conflicts. In the end, Russia will disintegrate into many small countries. So it was with the Soviet Union and Russia. As for Crimea then it is recognized as territory of Ukraine at the international level. Sooner or later the Crimea will return to Ukraine.

I really think Islamc Extremism and other religious extremism are the the real threats to Earth as well as Nuclear Weaponry and Global warming. No wonder Commey lost his job. Russia can be a great ally for the USA.

And Russia and the USA WILL be allies against the Islamic threat out of Turkey.

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Oh yeah that crook Erdogan is the real threat to the people of the free world. His is the modern day Islamic Extremist who was elected by his people thats the only difference between him and people like Osama and Co.

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You should remember that Turkey is a part of the NATO, and therefore one of the most important allies of the United States in that region. Also, Turkey is a strategic ally of Russia, and without the former, many of the Russian projects such as the Turk-stream would be put on hold.

Everyone and anyone wants to control. Both Russia and the USA want to control Turkey. The Turks don't like this.

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Well, I guess there is a common enemy. Perhaps that will be at least a chance to ease tensions a bit, although I don’t see them becoming close allies any time soon.

Do not forget that Turkey was at war with Russia for over 500 years. I doubt that they will ever be allies. The Turks can cooperate with the Russians only until it suits them. They can always become enemies. Do so are strategic partners?

Turkey has become Islamized. Not only that, but it is more or less the civilized center for Islam. Islam says that if you don't become a Muslim within a reasonable time, "kill the infidels." Islam is against everyone. Turkey is against everyone. Even if they make believe they are not against you, they ARE against you if you do not become Muslim.

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Now a third of all Christians in Turkey are Orthodox: living mainly in Istanbul. The Greeks recognise the spiritual authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and Orthodox Arabs are United in the Patriarchate of Antioch. There are representative offices of the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox churches.
Believers belong to the Armenian Apostolic and to a lesser extent Catholic churches.
Protestants constitute 7 % of the total number of Christians, especially in Izmir there is a Baptist community, a member of the Turkish Association of Protestant Churches. Therefore, Turkey is the most hristianskaya country of all Muslim countries.

There are no permanent enemies or friends. As long as Turkey don't wan to invade Russia (and vice versa), both these countries can remain in good terms. Both these nations are pretty isolated right now, and they are looking for friendship.

Russia, North Korea, and China will have war against US.

That's what is in the news right now.

I did not hear it, where did you see it? Can you show the source of this news?

I do not think these countries will make war against each other

No. North Korea is on its own. The Chinese and the Russians are not going to help them, unless Kim Jong Un agrees to step down. But then, even if the DPRK is on its own, the Americans will find it very hard to attain a decisive victory against the former. The war will wage for years, and there will be hundreds of thousands of casualties on the American side.

Since when? Russia and China have both been easing tensions lately (and I don’t think ever wanted war); and North Korea can’t actually wage war, they can only commit suicide and hurt others in the process.

However, Walmart is strengthening their grocery department as fast as they can. Do you think they might be afraid of a cut-off from cheap Chinese goods?

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Well, in that case, don't forget that most of the kills are happening because of suicide bombers.
They will kill themselves and in that process will harm allot of people, the Kim Jong Un is that kind.
So WWIII is always a possibility.

I was referring to the fact that North Korea would probably hurt Japan and South Korea, but wouldn’t end up causing WWIII because the entire world would just turn on then to have them eliminated and then would probably work together (at least to a certain extent) and clean up the damages.

Japan may get hit by the North Korean missiles, as the current president is a hawk (Shinzō Abe). Not sure about South Korea, because the new president there (Moon Jae-in) is a pacifist, who is against provocations aimed at the DPRK.

The modern world is very cruel. Respect only the strong. When people choose a President-pacifists that will inevitably lead to the weakening of their country. I'm sorry that South Korea made such a choice.

I think that we will live again the Cold War era. I can't believe this guy. If this, had been said by the director of CIA would have some importance. But the director of FBI for what reason? If I 'm not mistaken that guy was fired up by Trump, was he?

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Why? We are already living during the cold war. Haven't you noticed. But I was a little worried about the cold war. It's just propaganda. I will be concerned if she stops in a hot war. Now, even without the use of nuclear weapons will be great death and destruction.

We are now living in cold war 2.0. I don't know when these people will realize that their common enemy is the Islamic extremists such as the ISIS and the Al Qaeda. When they realize it, then it will be too late. By that time, they will be weakened due to constant fighting and warfare.

well too much focus are on russia right now and they're probably worrying too much on the wrong side. is it possible they're afraid of putin and plans to dispose of him pretty much how they did it with those leaders who threatened to get rid of the dollar?

Russophobia is a very profitable business right now, and that is the reason why the western media outlets are dishing anti-Russian stories around the clock. The American defense corporations have already won several contracts from the eastern European nations such as Poland and Lithuania. Tax money, which should have been used for education and healthcare is being spent on purchasing weapons, so that these nations could defend themselves against the mythical Russian invasion.

US will always intervene everything about North Korea because North Korea ignore UN warning for their Nuclear test. So, if US is involve, then as usual, all US allies will involve. From here, if No one help North Korea, then it's over. But, if China and Russia in North Korea side, then World War 3 will happen.

If the world will really wish that North Korea can be destroyed without war. Sanctions do not have the force, but the embargo could change everything. The DPRK can not exist without the supply of modern technologies and food products. You only need the desire to fight with the fat man.

He might be a pacifist, but that still doesn’t stop another country from attacking them. North Korea is crazy, I’m sure if they were going down they would bomb South Korea (although I hope I’m wrong).

Like it's anything new.
USA obsession for socialism, russia and communism will never cease unless they actually explode.

Funny thing is that the rest of the world would probably agree on the fact that USA is the biggest threat on earth.

Really? NATO is just the US protecting Europe and Japan and don’t attack anybody who isn’t doing bad things (like Syria using poison gas on their own citizens). I think anybody who says the US is the biggest threat to the world is just angry it’s success.

*cough cough*
Iraq and Afghanistan war
*cough cough*
Pinochet and Cuba
*cough cough*
Financing every terrorist organization of Middle East

Clearly not a threat to anyone

Don't say that the US is protecting Japan. The Japanese Armed Forces are among the top 5 in the world, and they don't need anyone's help in defending their motherland. You are right about the European Union, but not about Japan.

USA is the worst when it comes to disaster capitalism

The Europeans are really relaxed and save on army. Right Trump forces them to increase spending, but I am sure that soon with NATO, nothing will happen because any attempt by Trump to go beyond words in relation to NATO will be regarded as a blow to us security. There has not only impeachment and there is already a prison can end.

Nothing is going to happen. The American public do realize that NATO is very important for the national security. But at the same time they agree with Trump in asking the other NATO members to contribute.

Russian always see only what they want to see. The consequences of propaganda. Why should they think if you can watch Putin TV, and you all specifically explained. That is why they will never be part of the civilized world. They are forever stuck between Europe and Asia.

NATO is NOT important for anyone but USA.
Or at least not for anyone in the EU.
It's just that our politicians are too stupid to say fuck off to the Americans. There is no reason for us to stay in NATO, on the contrary it's very dangerous to be in it :/

NATO is extremely beneficial to the European nations. They don't have to spend a penny on it, and yet they get the protection from external actors such as Russia and Iran. I am sure that the Europeans would feel less secure without the NATO missile defence system.