Many people in Hong Kong want the British back.
The Brits civil law and civil society of freedom and liberty beats hands down the CCP Dictator-Tyrants of Beijing. Hong Kong's education system now teaches one party rule is the wisdom of the Chinese ancients into the present and, of course, the future. For everyone in the world.
Not.
Hong Kong democracy activists demand return to British governance.
I vividly remember all those leaders of Hong Kong looking forward to their "reunification" with the communist mainland when the British withdrew. I suppose it was a matter of patriotism. Mebbe' they should have been less naive than they were.
Russia hasn't ever been any better. Yet Republicans/Conservatives in USA favor Russia and Putin over their own Constitution.
I'm also old enough to remember when Democratic Senator Teddy Kennedy, the lion of the senate, offered to help the Soviets undercut President Reagan for their help in becoming president.
The truth of the matter is after two years and what amounts to a coup attempt by members of the FBI there was no collusion between the russians and trump. It just doesn't exist.
Ted Kennedy's Soviet Gambit
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Kennedy's message was simple. He proposed an unabashed
quid pro quo.
Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. "The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations," the memorandum stated. "These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign."
Kennedy made Andropov a couple of specific offers.
First
he offered to visit Moscow. "The
main purpose of the meeting, according to the senator, would be to
arm Soviet officials with explanations regarding problems of nuclear disarmament so they may be better prepared and more convincing during appearances in the USA." Kennedy would help the Soviets deal with Reagan by telling them how to brush up their propaganda.
Then
he offered to make it possible for Andropov to sit down for a few interviews on American television. "A direct appeal ... to the American people will, without a doubt, attract a great deal of attention and interest in the country. ... If the proposal is recognized as worthy, then Kennedy and his friends will bring about suitable steps to have representatives of the largest television companies in the USA contact Y.V. Andropov for an invitation to Moscow for the interviews. ... The senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side."
Kennedy would make certain the networks gave Andropov air time--and that they rigged the arrangement to look like honest journalism.....