On top of all of this, Washington and NATO are talking about making Ukraine, formerly a province of Russia, and another former province of Russia, Georgia, members of NATO which shows indications of ringing Russia with bases in preparation for war.
Russia explained that the situation is so threatening that it is unacceptable. During the long Cold War the two powers tried to reduce tensions by stabilizing the relationship, but in the 21st century Washington has disavowed all the arms control agreements that were accomplished in the 20th century, and has behaved aggressively toward Russia.
Russia explained that she will no longer tolerate the implied threat of US/NATO bases on her borders and most certainly will not permit Ukraine and Georgia to be members of NATO. Any move by the West in this direction will result in “dire consequences.”
Russia does have a point. The globalists, the MIC, the NATO and EC bureaucrats, and our old cold warriors at State, DOD, and in the intelligence community really miss the cold war. The WOT was a poor second cousin for a real boondoggle.
The Russians are completely correct. And the constant encroachment by the US is completely unintelligible - unless there’s an actual thought to provoke the bear. Then we’re talking about insanity.