Posted on 11/18/2021 3:04:20 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday effectively blamed the West for growing tensions with Moscow, as US officials continue to raise concerns about Russian troop movements on the border with Ukraine.
"We're constantly voicing our concerns about this, talking about red lines, but we understand our partners — how shall I put it mildly — have a very superficial attitude to all our warnings and talk of red lines," Putin said in a speech on foreign policy, per Reuters, claiming that Western strategic bombers with "very serious weapons" have been flying within roughly 12.5 miles of Russia's borders.
Back in September, the Kremlin warned that NATO expanding military infrastructure in Ukraine would cross "red lines" for the Russian president. The Russian president has repeatedly complained about US and NATO military activities in the Black Sea and Eastern Europe.
Putin during his Thursday speech also said that relations between Washington and Moscow at the moment are "unsatisfactory." But he signaled that Russia is still open to dialogue with the US. President Joe Biden and Putin met in Geneva in June, but the summit was largely fruitless.
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An odd Hitler tactic.
Odd = old.
Red lines are racist.
The war in Afghanistan is over (for now) and so the Pentagon and arms industry need a new one. After all, China might not move against Taiwan. So they need to keep one on the back burner for funding emergencies.
I Brandon’s poll numbers keep dropping watch out for some Wag The Dog move.
NATO shouldn’t exist.
You may see both China and Russia move at the same time and possible north Korea. Over whelp any help for the areas they target.
“NATO shouldn’t exist.”
It has a major problem, which is that most of the participants are passengers.
We still need allies. There are 1.5 billion Chinese and 2 billion Muslims in the world. 300 million Americans is not enough to defeat them.
Its an outdated organization and a waste of money.
NATO itself can barely defend itself. Their Navies are jokes. Those warnings to China by NATO are bad jokes. NATO couldn’t get a squadron of frigates to China. That’s up to us and Japan and India. India may be the biggest stick in the spokes of China’s bicycle. They can easily cut off China’s oil imports. Easily. China’s big scary Navy (mostly small ships) would be stuck in port.
After 41 Italy’s navy was pretty much stuck in port due to fuel shortages.
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