Russian state TV: “Our submarines alone can launch more than 500 nuclear warheads, which guarantees the destruction of the US and NATO for good measure. The principle is: why do we need the world if Russia won’t be in it?”

"There is no Soviet Union. It’s 2022, so you’re bringing up an imaginary entity. There is therefore no justification for NATO. There is no evidence the Russians want any of the countries you mentioned. What they do want is NATO away from their borders, hence, no Ukraine in NATO, hence a war to prevent it. This is not difficult to comprehend."

Nonsense. The nature of the Bear in Putin has not changed. Putin called the dismantlement of the Soviet Union a "national tragedy, and is militaristic and invaded Crimea in 2014 and now Ukrainian, outlaws sharing of Christian religious faith except for his KBG-linked RO church, oppresses any public opposition to him, and boasts of powers of destruction while NATO does not intend to invade the USSR (crazy)! Meaning such irrationality actually justifies the need for NATO.

Yet here we have some FReepers on a pro-God, pro-America forum supporting anti-Christ, anti-US dictator Putin like members of his cult. Might as well support liberals as well,

" If Trump had a second term, what would have changed?"

Well supporters of Putin blame NATO, and thus Trump I suppose, since as even liberal NPR basically confessed:

Is Trump The Toughest Ever On Russia?.. much tougher on Russia than any in the post-Cold War era. NPR | July 20, 2018 Trump sought to add $1.4 billion for fiscal year 2018 to the European Deterrence Initiative — a military effort to deter Russian aggression that was initially known as the European Reassurance Initiative. That's a 41 percent increase from the last year of the Obama administration. The president also agreed to send lethal weapons to Ukraine — a step that Obama resisted. And Trump gave U.S. forces in Syria more leeway to engage with Russian troops...actually resulting in one incident in hundreds of casualties on the Russian side."[1]

Previously, as reported by ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News, Headlines & Videos om Dec. 23, 2020, "Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.." The new package included Javelin anti-tank weapons, 150 missiles and two launchers, which came after a first sale, completed in March 2018, which included 210 Javelin missiles and 37 launch units.. "The Trump administration first approved the sale of Javelins to Ukraine in December 2017 -- a step that former President Barack Obama never took.... But Javelins were discussed on Trump and Zelenskiy's call on July 25, which has prompted an impeachment inquiry. '"I would like you to do us a favor though,'" Trump responded, asking Zelenskiy to work with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to investigate Crowdstrike...

Before that, "Russia's Putin praises Obama's missile defense decision" to "cancel a radar installation in the Czech Republic and ground-based interceptors planned for Poland," LA Times Sep 19, 2009

Meanwhile although the U.S. Department of the Treasury instituted multiple sanctions actions against Russia on April 15, 2021 under a new Executive Order,[2] yet imports of Russian oil to the United States reached their highest level in a decade that Spring, and Russia became the second-largest exporter of oil to the US that year.[3] Oil price com And as regards overall Russia Exports, those to the United States from Russia reached an all time high in December of 2021. [4]

Footnotes

[1] Is Trump The Toughest Ever On Russia?

[2] Treasury Sanctions Russia with Sweeping New Sanctions Authority

[3] http://Is Trump The Toughest Ever On Russia NPR

[4] http:// https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/exports-to-united-states

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