Russia sounds like us 30 years ago.
I thought China was going to Cuba?
Russia is bluster and bull shit
The Island of Java has a population greater than all the Russian Federation
Appeasement allows aggression (I think Rumsfeld, among many others, said that).
No, this is not happening: Putin is not putting bases next to the US, and if he does, this is just for a show. The brief reason is that it is just not worth it, he has means to erase the US without these bases, and they are costly — and he knows how to count money.
To explain what he may or may not do, consider a couple of question nobody bothers to ask (and should): just why Putin is giving an ultimatum which everyone expects to be turned down or ignored, and why he is doing it now?
I think there is just one answer to it: China.
US-China confrontation is coming, and position of Russia in this triangle is decisive. China wants a stronger alliance with Russia, the US wants Russian neutrality.
Of course Putin understands that Russian neutrality will lead to an all-out attack on Russia if the US succeeds against China. The guarantees Putin is seeking is not for now, but for exact this scenario.
And this is also the reason why if Biden(or rather his handlers) have a good reason to accept the “ultimatum” — because otherwise China has a much stronger hand. Of course, this presumes that Biden et al have enough intellect to understand the global picture.... I have my doubts here!
Now, I can see a list of about twenty options Putin has to make his point — in different areas, with different tools. he can make more than one move too. But what I believe is certain is that at least one of the moves would be strengthening the alliance with China, because this is the main point of the message he is trying to send. The Force of Siberia II is among the safest (but strong) options here, there are others.
Amazingly the situation resembles pre-WWII’s when the Brits and the French went into endless negotiations with USSR about security guarantees, and after a couple of months Stalin opted for an agreement with Germany.
So... it may be that Brandon is reenacting the behavior of Chamberlain and Daladier of those days.
Can Biden even spell “Monroe Doctrine”?
Would this be a missile deployment?
Isn’t it “interesting” who Russia’s “friends” are?? They say you can learn alot about a person by the friends they keep.
That Russia chooses brutal murderous communist totalitarians in Venezuela and Cuba as it’s “friends” tells all one needs to know about the true colors of Putin and his commie cronies.