As you read Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening, were you just a little surprised that the bad guys were being financed by Russia? Did you think, Hey, wait a minute! The Cold War ended years ago with the old Soviet Union on the losing end. Take another look. Russia, under Putin, is still a third world country, but it's steadily gaining control of international geopolitical affairs. Who is building military bases in the Western Hemisphere? Who chased Obama out of a role in Syria? Who is Iran's strategic partner? Who has reclaimed parts of Georgia and the Ukraine for Mother Russia, and rattles its sword at the Baltic States and other former USSR territories? Who thumbs its nose at the West and defies it to challenge Russia's spreading worldwide hegemony?
Is it just a coincidence that the U.S. is vastly weaker than it was when Ronald Reagan left office? Is it just circumstance that the administration refuses to facilitate this country's new found superiority in fossil fuels and other natural resources, that it insists on "leading from behind" in world affairs, that it continues to reduce and weaken our military—our single greatest deterrent to foreign aggression?
Maybe Levell and the others in the "Society" really are on to something. If so, we really do need that deadly hunter-killer team—the Sleeping Dogs. I'm just saying. Food for thought.