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To: rlmorel

[Is this as simple as the Left trying to keep painting Russia as an enemy to somehow bolster their hysterical slanderous case against Trump in the public eye?]


Russia is one of a number of enemies. But the Democrats don’t consider Russia an enemy. That’s why their stance on defense is to consistently to lower spending. That’s why they like arms control treaties with Russia. It’s why they don’t like missile defense or nuclear force modernization.

The respect in which the Democrats consider Russia an enemy is trivial - it funds ads favoring Republican and Democrats (on different forums). They don’t have a problem with the Dem-friendly ads. They just resent that the Russians don’t exclusively fund Dem-friendly ads, the way they used to mount exclusively pro-Democrat influence campaigns during the Cold War.


26 posted on 12/17/2019 12:44:11 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei

“” “” Russia is one of a number of enemies.”” “”

Do you realize the difference between ‘enemy’ and ‘rival’ or you bought into the Wolfowitz school of diplomacy?

Are you suggesting to bomb the pipeline in this case?

As for arms treaty and defence systems do you have any background in it?

The latter question is the most interesting. I’d like to know your take. How do you plan to stay alive in case it is implemented this way.
What is your take on strategic and tactical consequences of deploying anti-missiles and medium range missiles?


28 posted on 12/17/2019 12:50:45 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: Zhang Fei

I understand all that, and I don’t view the Russians as much as an enemy as an adversary, but I do harbor a grudge for their material support of Iraq during that conflict.

Ukraine, however, is closer to being an enemy of Russia than an adversary, IMO.


34 posted on 12/17/2019 4:16:23 PM PST by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
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