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Russia will always be Russia. Autocratic. It was once said that you could have no war with germany and no peace without Russia.
“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.”
-Winston Churchill
Here kitty, kitty.......
Well after the cold war we had our head firmly planted up our backside as regards Russia, and we are paying for it today.
Unfortunately we had too many people who had their head so rooted in the cold war and many who longed for the good ‘ol days of getting paid for building weapon systems we would never use that an opportunity handed to us on a silver platter by Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev got ignored.
IDIOTS..in foggy bottom and everywhere else U.S. policy toward the FSU was made.
(1) Mideast turmoil runs up the price of oil and benefits Russian earnings from oil exports.
(2) Russia’s political elite has a deeply held animosity to the US and wants to cause trouble.
(3) Russian arms sales benefit from political and military tensions.
Welcome to FR. We’ll try to be gentile. It only hurts the first time.
“I don’t believe they have an ideological agenda today”
sincerely, your thinking about russia on this issue is flawed.
anytime we discuss russia we have to remember they spend alot of time and money building nuclear weapons that are designed specifically against the united states and our western government allies. The continued upkeep of this weaponry is the litmus test to their continued communist ideology, influence and expansion on the planet. Of course putin and medved etc... would like to gain wealth along the way.
I know of very powerfull forces within their government are trying to destroy the wests economy with global warming issues via tremendous inflated oil prices using a “walk the ladder” approach. et al.
What is going on with Russia?
Can’t help......distracted.....Iran........
Iraq...........
Afhganastan.......North Korea..........................Health care.............American Idol...tigerwoods..........2010 elections.......poor economy.......globle warming........Coooling?......end times?
.........what can I do?..................ourpresidentisamoron.......
thisisgettingworse....unemployed..needleadership.....
needbettergrammerskills.....needhelpmakingparagraphs....
pleasedon’tbanme...Iamhavingastroke....
doesfustrationcausestrokes?
Putin’s angry because of that $40 debit at Wal Mart.
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.
I'm thinking a nice, bright color like yellow or orange would be great for the toolshed curtains. And maybe some matching ones for the window in the garage.
What do you think?
Don’t be fooled. Putin is STILL the head of the COMMUNIST PARTY in Russia, and has said even recently that he wishes to put back together the Soviet Union. You’re right about the Mafia-style *democracy*, but again, it’s all the same and only the names have changed (Mafia=KGB). Putin is also part of the push to re-instill the homage of Stalin among the youth of the nation - too young to remember the REAL Stalin and not the fairy tales they hear of the USSR.
PS —
I don’t know why people would want to zot you for this post, unless it’s because it’s your first, and usually people don’t make their first attempt in this forum with a post that is more so like a vanity, instead of a news article... Or, unless you are a “re-tread” troll who was trying to fly under the radar...
I don’t see anything in your post that is “Anti-Conservative” or “Pro-Liberal”. You are VERY correct that Russia is fomenting strife in the Middle East as well re: giving aid, and weapons and such to our enemies. Another reason why we shouldn’t let Russia (Putin) fool us into thinking they are really our allies. The Communists have NOT given up their goal of world domination - they are just going about it in a more quiet “underground” way.
"But most of all, I remember mama."
