[coconutt2000]

If we were an imperialist military power, Canada would be doing the same with us instead of trying to pretend they're really part of Europe.

What gets me about the way the media portrays the United States is the obvious dichotomy between how they portray us and what they actually think we are. There is no intellectually honest argument for portraying America as an militant, imperialist power because of such allegations were actually true, they'd be too afraid to point it out.

[wolfcreek]

Amid worsening relations with the West, the Kremlin is boosting its political, economic and military ties with China as both countries look to counterbalance U.S. global
influence, analysts said.

OR


They are an example of an open international partnership that is not directed against any third country and that helps develop a better and more just world order

Which is it?

[RonF]

The Russians will find in the end that their cultural model is Western, not Asian.

[denydenydeny]

Amid worsening relations with the West,

This sort of language (which is typical of the MSM) ignores the real situation, which is that Putin has deliberately chosen to become an enemy of the West and America in particular. Selling your most advanced weapons to a country ruled by a lunatic, who promises to use them to annihilate his neighbors--that is a conscious act.

Describing the situation as "relations are worsening" is to pretend that events are occurring naturally, like the weather.

[Rockitz]

Mr. Putin started pursuing this idea of a Eurasian strategic alliance between Russia and China," said Andrei Piontkovsky, an independent analyst and visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute. "He's become obsessed with pushing an anti-Western, and especially anti-American, foreign policy."

Surprise, surprise.....NOT.

[Rockitz]

Since coming to power in 1999, Mr. Putin has stifled an independent press, cemented Kremlin control over parliament, eliminated elections for regional governments and imposed new restrictions on nongovernmental organizations.

Pay no attention to the communist behind the curtain.