[DoughtyOne]

Puleeeze, name one nation the U.S. has taken over in the last 100 years that it hasn’t left and allowed to go it’s own way, unless asked to stay on?

Russia, you folks are one amazing group of people. Your union crumbled and we never did a thing to attack you. We are invited to the places we go. We’d go to your nation as well, if you invited us in.

If we came in, we’d help develop your oil reserves and purchase oil from you. We wouldn’t steal it. We wouldn’t take it over.

If Putin is behind this, he’s either gone mental or is simply returning to his true colors.

Demagoguing the U.S. is no way to run a modern nation. The citizenry is too smart even in Russia.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Re post 2, you are absolutely correct, BUT, many Russians, especially the uneducated, really do believe this propaganda.

[JimSEA]

Everything you say is true, however a tyrant need an “enemy”. Hugo and Vladimir have both chosen the United States for similar reasons. First, there is a great deal of hatred for America and Americans from Marxists both in and outside the USA — anti-American is easy to sell. Second and equally important, there is little likelihood that the USA will actually do anything to endanger Russia, let alone do what Putin is accusing them of.