President Putin, in reflecting on present U.S.-British-NATO policies - which include endless wars and endless sanctions - said that he can see, as a former citizen of the Soviet Union - that the U.S. "is now walking the Soviet Union's path, and its gait is confident and steady." Look at the murderous effects of the Caesar Sanctions against Syria, which besides denying food, medicine and other essential products to people victimized by a dirty war, in which the U.S. backed Islamic terrorists, threaten to punish any country or company which would aid in the reconstruction of that nation. This does not protect the people of the U.S. nor serve their interests, but is done to defend those who have proclaimed a unilateral "Rules-Based Order", to benefit the imperial corporate cartel interests, which includes the intent to carry out regime change in Russia and China.
Harley Schlanger's work can be found at The LaRouche Organization and The Schiller Institute.