Tyranny Growing in Russia

The tyrannical Russian government led by Vladimir Putin took a big step toward further suppressing dissent. A new law further tightens the noose on those who think Mr. Putin represents a turn away from "democracy" toward authoritarian rule.

Under the proposed new law, high treason and espionage will include supporting "those seeking to damage Russia's security" 

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What's important for us to understand here is that any notion of Russia being ruled in some sort of "democratic" fashion was probably misplaced to begin with. When the old Soviet Union collapsed, many in the West believed that a post-Communist Russia would embrace some sort of Western-style "democracy." But it should be clear now that this is not how the Russian leadership sees things.

Indeed, one only has to look at history to see that Russia's government has almost always been authoritarian. When the Czar was overthrown, after a brief period of rule by a kind of parliament (known as the "Duma"), the Bolsheviks took over and imposed a Communist totalitarian rule. 

"Authoritarian" and "totalitarian" governments - it matters not whether they call themselves Communist, socialist, or fascist - are forms of tyranny. And Russia has always been ruled by governments based on tyranny, vs. the tradition of liberty that developed in the West, most specifically in the Anglo-American countries.

In fact, in Russia's case, the government is dominated by ex-KGB (secret police) operatives, Putin being one. 

As tyranny grows in Russia, remember that Russia has its hand in the Middle East, most especially in Syria, where it is engaged in a geopolitical struggle that dates back centuries. Russia's adversary in this region has always been Persia, now known as Iran, and nothing has changed this conflict. The civil war in Syria is a battle ground upon which the forces of Russia and Iran have a vested interested. They are fighting a kind of proxy war, continuing this centuries-old struggle.

I bring all this up as an example of how the U.S. government, being involved as it is in the region, has placed our country in the middle of a struggle that predates the birth of our nation. You have to wonder what purpose is served by this involvement. Oh, right, it's got to do with Iran's possible development of nuclear weapons capability. 

Meanwhile, the Russians and Persians, or I should say Iranians, play out a game they've been at for hundreds of years. Could this be what our Founding Fathers meant when they advised that the United States avoid "foreign entanglements"?