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The Cold War is over. Why do we still treat Russia like the Evil Empire? (America's enemy is in DC right now, not Moscow)
Washington Post ^ | 12/17/2021 | Joseph Weisberg

Posted on 03/30/2022 9:42:58 AM PDT by Az Joe

As U.S. intelligence agencies warned that Russia was moving troops close to the Ukrainian border this fall, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Cold War had never ended. President Biden sternly told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a two-hour call that the United States wouldn’t tolerate an invasion, the White House reported. Debate broke out among Washington pundits over how much military equipment the United States could send to Kyiv. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) even suggested that the United States could use nuclear weapons preemptively to keep Russian soldiers from crossing the border. It all feels depressingly, pointlessly familiar.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: chechens; chechnya; coldwar; enemy; josephweisberg; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; reagan; reagandoctrinedead; russia; russianaggression; ukraine; ykpaiha; zottherussiantrolls
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1 posted on 03/30/2022 9:42:58 AM PDT by Az Joe
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To: Az Joe

Might have something to do with the fact that Russia is still an evil empire.


2 posted on 03/30/2022 9:47:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Az Joe

Might be that DC is more communist than Moscow?


3 posted on 03/30/2022 9:48:43 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Az Joe

The obvious strategy is to surround Russia with boost-phase interceptors to render their land-based intercontinental missiles ineffective


4 posted on 03/30/2022 9:49:10 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Continue....


5 posted on 03/30/2022 9:51:02 AM PDT by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: BenLurkin

Russia is vast but sparsely populated, and poor in infrastructure. Their national economy is about the size of Italy’s. But they have a bunch of nuclear weapons, so that commands attention. Evil autocracy but hardly an empire.


6 posted on 03/30/2022 9:51:35 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: BenLurkin

They are huh?

Do you work for Disney?


7 posted on 03/30/2022 9:51:56 AM PDT by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: Az Joe

Uhh they’re invading a country because that country wouldn’t put in their constitution a ban from joining western alliances. Russia acts like we’re the enemy. So that makes them the enemy.


8 posted on 03/30/2022 9:52:00 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: discostu

You didn’t read the article again did you?


9 posted on 03/30/2022 9:52:48 AM PDT by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: Az Joe
I think the short answer is : people are insane, especially politicians.

families cant even get along and hate each other for no reason.

War is driven by politicians seeking power and spreading their Mass Psychosis

The true definition of Humanity is evil and violence, the poets and muses will say its peace and love but history tells the true story

10 posted on 03/30/2022 9:53:01 AM PDT by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
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To: Az Joe

Russia is evil. Ukraine is corrupt. But Russia invaded Ukraine. Therefore, Russia is the bad guy. End of story.


11 posted on 03/30/2022 9:55:36 AM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: Az Joe

Russia is BEST FRIENDS with every one of America’s enemies and always has been.


12 posted on 03/30/2022 9:56:47 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Az Joe

Russia is just a has-been 3rd world wanna-be.

Even tiny Ukraine kicked their butts!

pretty sad actually that we were led to believe all these years that Russia was something to be feared! ROFL

Even Frace would put up a bigger fight than this!

LMAO


13 posted on 03/30/2022 9:59:04 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Az Joe

He’s missing the gut of it. NATO is only specifically anti-Moscow because that’s what Putin wants it to be. He decided NATO expansion was a threat. He keeps rattling his sabre. He keeps getting involved in skirmishes and invasions. He wants us to be the enemy. Us pretending that isn’t the case won’t fix anything.


14 posted on 03/30/2022 10:00:48 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: BenLurkin
So is the USA. But my evil empire is better than their evil empire

My son's grandma is in a coma and dying and I cant find any empathy, I hate that F$%&*9 B*^# and hope she rots in hell along with her wicked daughter

but Putin did nothing to me,

but I suspect the eff bee eye performed the Vegas Massacre, and the Jan6th show, and I know Obama killed Ghadaffy just to loot Libya's money, we sent boys off to die in Iraq to keep the USD strong

Biden on the other hand needs to go, he is destroying America

I hate Biden way more than Putin or my ex mother in law

but Im supposed to hate Putin, put on a uniform and go killem

15 posted on 03/30/2022 10:04:56 AM PDT by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

You support Biden


16 posted on 03/30/2022 10:06:28 AM PDT by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: discostu

Where did Russia act like we’re the enemy?


17 posted on 03/30/2022 10:07:19 AM PDT by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: Az Joe

Demanding Ukraine put in their constitution that they wouldn’t ally with the west in any way would be the biggest and most recent.


19 posted on 03/30/2022 10:09:20 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Az Joe

You support Putin.


20 posted on 03/30/2022 10:12:48 AM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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