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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:50 PM Mar 2015

'90s Sitcom "Seinfeld" Predicted NATO Strategy in Ukraine



http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/03/12/4379

'90s Sitcom "Seinfeld" Predicted NATO Strategy in Ukraine
Sometimes life imitates art...
Ricky Twisdale, Thu, Mar 12

In this clip from the episode "The Labelmaker" from the 1990s sitcom "Seinfeld," Kramer (Micheal Richards) and Newman (Wayne Knight) become obsessed with the board game "Risk" — a game of world domination.

The pair's subway dialog presciently describes how US/NATO policy in Europe has operated since 1991.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia completely withdrew from Europe — leaving only a naval base in Crimea. Washington apparently believed Ukraine was just another "road apple" on its drive to completely encircle and neutralize Russia.

In the video, It is notably the Ukrainian himself who angrily overturns and destroys everything, under the mistaken perception that he is somehow defending his country.

He doesn't understand that to some, the fate of Ukraine is simply a game.


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'90s Sitcom "Seinfeld" Predicted NATO Strategy in Ukraine (Original Post) bananas Mar 2015 OP
Kramer as Putin Cirque du So-What Mar 2015 #1
what else does Putin want us to think, "Russia Insider"? lol uhnope Mar 2015 #2
I still like the Lone Gunmen jakeXT Mar 2015 #3
do you have the link Pharaoh Mar 2015 #4
Talk about a lame excuse for an article. Jeeze. 7962 Mar 2015 #5
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