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James heard from her counterparts an almost unanimous refrain: None of Russia's activities in recent weeks was a coincidence but rather examples of Moscow's coordinated attempts to intimidate the region.
"I think they're probably right," James says.
Military buildups represent an increase in a country's ability to wage war, James says, citing a long list of recent aggressive actions Russia has carried out in areas that were part of or in the strategic interests of the former Soviet empire: It annexed north Georgia in 2008, then Crimea in Ukraine in 2014. It's steadily increased the quality of its military machinery and quantity of troops it can deploy, and does so, including to Syria last year to offset U.S. influence in the ongoing wars there. And Russia reportedly has a plan to undermine the current pro-West, pro-Europe sentiment in Eastern Europe that informs those countries' economic and security policies.
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originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: Profusion
I get what you're saying. But Russia is not an enemy. They have to provide rhetoric for what we've done to hold face. Things are going to change soon, they always speak heavy and so do we. But we've only proxied each other which will probably always be the case.
Pundits have declared a “New Cold War.” If only! The Cold War was a time when leaders focused on reducing tensions between nuclear powers. What we have today is much more dangerous: Washington’s reckless and irresponsible aggression toward the other major nuclear powers, Russia and China.
During my lifetime American presidents worked to defuse tensions with Russia. President John F. Kennedy worked with Khrushchev to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Richard Nixon negotiated SALT I and the anti-ballistic missile treaty, and Nixon opened to Communist China. President Carter negotiated SALT II. Reagan worked with Soviet leader Gorbachev and ended the Cold War. The Berlin Wall came down. Gorbachev was promised that in exchange for the Soviet Union’s agreement to the reunification of Germany, NATO would not move one inch to the East.
Peace was at hand. And then the neoconservatives, rehabilitated by the Israeli influence in the American press, went to work to destroy the peace that Reagan and Gorbachev had achieved. It was a short-lasting peace. Peace is costly to the profits of the military/security complex. Washington’s gigantic military and security interests are far more powerful than the peace lobby.
Since the advent of the criminal Clinton regime, every American president has worked overtime to raise tensions with Russia and China.
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originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: Profusion
Вы сумасшедший американцев , мы только убедившись, что дикие и Crazy Guy Трамп становится ваш следующий президент . Мы можем делать бизнес с ним , но эта ужасная женщина является одной из Crazy милитаристской сука !
The Cold War was a time when leaders focused on reducing tensions between nuclear powers
The fear to be nuked by our "allies, partners and friends from the overseas", if the russians would overrun germany in minutes. And now we have that situation again.
originally posted by: PorteurDeMort
originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: Profusion
Вы сумасшедший американцев , мы только убедившись, что дикие и Crazy Guy Трамп становится ваш следующий президент . Мы можем делать бизнес с ним , но эта ужасная женщина является одной из Crazy милитаристской сука !
My Russian is a bit rusty comrade. English perhaps?