Posted on 09/17/2007 11:54:45 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Fine, we won Cold War I and we'll win Cold War II. I really don't think that's where we're going. If so, Russia is in a much weaker position. It'll be Russia alone, the Soviet bloc is no more.
We already have something to face - muslims - and we are doing a poor job publicly thanks to the rats and the media.
You are taking to seriously the clowns of Limonov. DO you know that Nathional Bolshevick party is forbiden by law in Russia? DO you know that the founder of that party Limonov is US citizen?
It’s a bit late for me to respond, but when has Russia outright threatened to invade someone or to do anything other than their normal political blackmail?
As for arming our enemies, someone has to. The Russian economy is helped in a large part by its defense industry, more so than the U.S. The U.S. is busily arming enemies of Moscow’s clients, and its former subject states. It’d be ridiculous to demand that Russia stop selling to Venezuela, China, Iran, etc. and say they can only sell to those countries that we like (and that we sell to). Its a business, and Russian defense companies are looking to make a ruble.
We should have finished off the Russians back in 45 like Patton wanted.
I don’t enjoy anything that places our servicemen and women at risk in the least. However, I don’t think that what Russia’s doing constitutes some sort of threat at all. Nor do I see any proxy wars ala, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan being waged because the Russians have simply resumed patrols because they now find themselves capable of doing so again. If what Russia’s doing constitutes saber-waving, what does the U.S. and NATO’s growing presence on Russia’s borders constitute? What do our forces in Japan represent to the Russians? Remember how we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
I most certainly am not a member of the blame America crowd, but if you look at it objectively, I don’t see the Russians playing a game of brinkmanship, at least not with the U.S.
In part, I see them trying to drum up a sense of pride in their country; something that suffered a sharp blow with their changing fortunes in the early 90s. I see nothing wrong with that.
Russia is a crafty nation. It definitely seems that way to me. I just think it’s absurd to be unduly alarmed by Russia’s actions.
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