Posted on 11/22/2015 6:17:19 PM PST by rickmichaels
Russia gave us Isaac Asimov, also.
You’re going too far for me. Russia does have an authoritarian drive toward domination outside its borders. Something of its own caliphatic-type sense of destiny for global domination, and that is a risk that should be recognized. It is, for example, an implicit ally of Iran’s, and Iran has a stated goal of destroying the US militarily.
Squashing ISIS may be a good outcome, but naivete and romanticism re: Russia is not a good thing.
Monday the French Carrier will be on station and ready to go. I expect they will enter the fight with a vengence—maybe tonight! It will be awsome! Raqqa will be no more!
Oh, and the short answer to Obama’s support of the Sunni ISIS over the Shia Iran’s puppet Assad in Syria, is that not only are “our friends the Saudis (and Jordanians and...) Sunni, but so are Indonesia and Pakistan from Obama’s youth.
Why doesn’t the muslim moon god rock stop the bombs from falling??
“Interesting that American press isn’t showing the carnage. “
I’ve been wondering that myself. Where are the nightly videos??
One hydrogen bomb should do it.
carpet is thicker, and stapled down. So yeah, carpet.
Ja, this
And also Tokyo with the Fire bombing
Too bad for the civilians who probably are being used as shields by ISIS
Next stop Mosul
I am not convinced. They have said over and over that the spread of NATO toward their borders was viewed as a threat. We negotiated one thing but did another. They claim their actions are a response to that, and to the fact that they see us as violating our negotiated agreement with them regarding those issues. So which is it? An aggression or a response? I’ll be honest, I see their point. If the tables were turned, what would we do? It does not look like moves to conquer. It looks like moves to secure.
But I respect your view and fully recognize I could be wrong. I cannot deny how it looks to me. I don’t think it is naivete and romanticism at all. I take no sides and stay cautious. But what I see on our side is a bunch of dug in attitudes that are not based on reality. I’m still stuck on “Trust but verify.” Many have moved to just plain distrust, vilify and squash and betray. We then get a reaction from them and say AHA!!!! Look! I told you they were aggressive. But which came first? We are a long way from the things Reagan said back when they were much more of a threat as the USSR. He worked to build trust saying, “we do not distrust because we are armed, we are armed because we distrust.” He discovered that they REALLY BELIEVED we would one day instigate a first strike. To us that sounds crazy. To them it was a solid belief. Do we really want to return to that?
Too many of the wise minds in our Country have died out and we have seen a rise in either hot heads or fruitcakes holding power, sometimes both at the same time.
Thanks for your reply, especially the “Tetris” part ;)
“Interesting that American press isn’t showing the carnage. Maybe it’s because they’re not willing to die to get this story.”
As soon as there’s a few dead children to photograph it will be the leading news story.
I had a professor who predicted we would become more like Russia, and Russia would become more like us. I don’t have a visionary bone in my body, naturally, I scoffed at the notion.
My dad told me that back in the ‘70s. I thought he was nuts.
He also hoped things would plateau out but I don’t see that yet. If we get Hillary or an empty Republican suit again, we will continue our descent.
I agree with you 100%
” I don’t have a visionary bone in my body, naturally, I scoffed at the notion.”
Slightly off topic but I had a friend who was quite serious with a guy back in the early 50s.
She broke it off,though,because she thought he was nuts. All he talked about was man landing on the moon.
We all told her it was a wise decision.
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