Yes indeed....
Posted on 11/01/2015 6:58:46 AM PST by Navy Patriot
In responding to Russian thrusts in Ukraine and Syria, the West has relied on economic sanctions or conceded initiative to Moscow. Experience shows that direct measures-ones that target troublesome behavior-are more likely to be effective.
In Ukraine and Syria, the West seems less sure of its aims and less committed to achieving them. In contrast, Russia appears to have clearer goals, cares more about outcomes, lies closer to the contested theater and acts with dispatch.
This was also true when the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979. President Jimmy Carter responded by seeking to organize a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but only some Western allies went along. Carter halted the export of U.S. grain to the USSR, but U.S. farmers were outraged and a year later President Reagan canceled the embargo.
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Yes indeed....
Absolutely! We should align ourselves with a country that makes a habit of invading its small neighbors. Because ISIS.
They're desperate to regain their power by risking and sacrificing someone else.
Which would be funny, if not so sad, seeing that the Russian Foreign Ministry says the Cold War is on.
Umm no. Soviet Russian does not have millions of conscripted slave Ukrainians and Eastern Europeans in thousands of armored vehicles on the Elba river now.
Cold War is over, they lost.
I’d say use this shootdown and killing of 200 Russians by ISIS to unite Putin with US against all moslum terrorist including Iran, Hezzbolah Hamas,.....maybe the new House Speaker....
We’ve invaded more countries than Russia has, since 2003
Stop with the disinformation. The Russkies you misquote said Obama is restarting the Cold War
Ouch. I thought Republicans were supposed to be the evil warmongers?
How many have we made states, in the colonial sense?
First, a little history.
Reagan won the cold war by being both tough and honorable, then getting the Russians to trust him by offering the Star Wars anti missile technology to them, for free.
Russia would be as protected by their own military as we would be by ours.
Since then, the US Government has become the world's most dangerous untrustworthy backstabber, and the Russians know it.
We may not have the opportunity to try your idea, even if the Homofascist Progressive Socialist DemoRat regime would allow it.
In any case, we must wait until the Russians determine the cause of the crash. It may not be an ISIS MANPAD (altitude), worse it may be a bomb planted by a Soros funded, Ukrainian Maiden Fascist terrorist before takeoff.
Sorry, I forgot I was dealing with a Blame America Firstâ„¢ conservative.
Gorbo wanted Reagan to scrap SDI in exchange for a deal at ReykjavÃk, and Reagan told him to piss off. A little history.
Alert to the Homofascista Islamonazi Maiden shill pinglist.
1rudeboy needs help!
There, fixed it for ya.
Alert to the Homofascista Islamonazi Maiden shill pinglist.
1rudeboy needs revisionist history help!
Is that what they teach in Russian public schools, nowadays?
So many arm chair ‘GI Joes’ too. Maybe they need to just go play with their actions sets, Cobra Commander awaits.
No - We need to take a tougher stand with ISLAM!
No - We need to take a tougher stand with ISLAM!
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