I'm continuing my read of the Bannon article...
On Putin, Bannon points out correctly that Putin is a kleptocrat, but he admires his strategy of using nationalism and traditionalism to build his base (and we have seen that Bannon and Trump successfully used these in their playbook.)
While admitting that Putin is an imperial expansionist, Bannon feels that dealing with the Islamic caliphate is most important.
In the end, he says he believes we should take "a very, very, very aggressive stance against radical Islam," and that we are already "in a war of immense proportions" for the survival of church and civilization.
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Okay. Very interesting.
The main questions I have are, if Bannon hates crony capitalists so much, why on earth is he so cozy with Trump and the GOP? Also, does he propose to save us from the Islamic state by somehow triggering a global war?
It feels like he proposes fighting the enemy by assuming the properties of the enemy... government in bed with capitalists are the enemy, so... become the government, become the capitalist? Become nationalists with strong boundaries like Russia?
Fight ISIS, the religious would-be state, by becoming a religious state?
I still have an issue with his starting premise that Judeo-Christianity is the secret weapon that will save us from the caliphate. Well, yes, in that we might fight, win, and avoid being overrun by Muslims. But it doesn't do us much good if we become like Daesh in cruelty, intolerance, aggression, etc. does it?
Christ is love, acroy.