Blockade of Cuba by USA was OK, but NATO weapons seeking Ukraine invasion not acceptable to Neocons!)
The U.S. permitted Soviet troops and conventional weapons to be in Cuba for decades, both before and after the Crisia. We only drew the line at nukes.
Russia, in contrast, believes it has the right to prevent NATO troops or weapons in Ukraine. So if you were trying to demonstrate hypocrisy with your tagline, that hypocrisy in on the Russian end.
The Soviets had a brigade in Cuba until @1991.
Hey, about that tagline:
Blockade of Cuba by USA was OK, but NATO weapons seeking Ukraine invasion not acceptable to Neocons!)
The U.S. permitted Soviet troops and conventional weapons to be in Cuba for decades, both before and after the Crisia. We only drew the line at nukes.
Russia, in contrast, believes it has the right to prevent NATO troops or weapons in Ukraine. So if you were trying to demonstrate hypocrisy with your tagline, that hypocrisy in on the Russian end.
Entropy12 is Indian. I think there's a part of the Indian psyche that's been brainwashed by self-serving Indian ruling class propaganda about how the Soviets helped keep the neo-Mughals to the north in line, so Bharat wouldn't end up being butchered the way Bangladesh (aka East Pakistan) was, by Yahya Khan.
In reality, the Indians allied with the Russians from the start because of some chip on their shoulder about the Brits and the notion that as the seed of Albion, the US was somehow tainted by association. This instinctive revulsion makes me dubious about India being an ally on anything other than a Chinese invasion of India.
I understand entropy12's take on things - he was born in and grew up in India. What else is he going to think about Russia? The problem is this weltanschaaung pervades every aspect of Indian strategic thinking. Maybe things will change in a couple of generations. We'll see.