the only way i see something positive coming from this is if the orange man had any idea of the real history of the world instead of his fragmented thoughts. i was somewhat hopeful when he began his two hundred days but since we are now israel and fighting their fight in various ways i'm done with him;

I don’t pretend to know what Vladimir Putin is thinking, nor do I know his motivation for agreeing to meet Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday, August 15. I note that the date is significant because it marks the day in 1945 that Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s unconditional surrender, effectively ending the war in the Pacific.

The Soviet Union played a decisive role in pressuring Japan to end World War II by launching a massive invasion of Japanese-held territories in Manchuria and declaring war on Japan on August 8, 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Joseph Stalin delivered on the promise he had made to President Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. This action shattered Japan’s hopes of using Moscow as a mediator to negotiate peace and threatened a total military collapse by opening a new, overwhelming front. Soviet advances were swift and devastating, revealing Japan’s defenselessness in the north and generating panic among Japanese leaders.

Many historians argue that the Soviet attack weighed as heavily, or more so, than the atomic bombs in Japan’s decision to surrender. Japanese policymakers had previously considered Soviet neutrality vital for any negotiated surrender; the sudden reversal left continued resistance hopeless and risked occupation by communist forces. I would not be surprised that President Putin will remind Donald Trump of this past cooperation, i.e., that the US and Russia have a history of working together to achieve peace...........more........