Fear And Misunderstanding Of Russia

Openmind693 · Jan 6, 2017

This good guy vs. bad guy game has got to stop. Some real understanding of each country is necessary to help construct alliances.

Given the recent near-hysteria over Russia’s alleged hacking of U.S. political email traffic, it is difficult to imagine a U.S. -Russia relationship established upon a peaceful footing — or, to put it another way, a relationship so stable and constructive that it no longer would depend on the vagaries of changing political personalities.
Let’s look at it first through the prism of realism. If we are realists, we throw America’s habitual moralism out the window and offer the Russians a deal. The “normalization” negotiations between a realist America and the regional power of Russia might unfold along lines something like this:
The United States would propose a provisional alliance with Russia to thwart a rising China, which continues to grow inexorably in wealth and power. China’s ascendance naturally makes U.S. policymakers nervous, and thus does the United States (in the realist view) have a vested interest in a U.S.-Russian alliance.
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https://consortiumnews.com/2017/01/06/fear-and-misunderstanding-of-russia/

Wu Li Heron · Jan 6, 2017

Openmind693 said:

This good guy vs. bad guy game has got to stop. Some real understanding of each country is necessary to help construct alliances.

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/01/06/fear-and-misunderstanding-of-russia/
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The US has a military equal to the next six or seven largest in the world combined and the US dollar unscores virtually every economy in the world. Playing everyone off each other is how we became modern day Rome and it will never stop because its empire baby, and this train ain't stopping until she derails.

pensfan13 · Jan 6, 2017

You got the empire baby in there but forgot that nobody you talk to knows the difference between an angry mob and democracy.

Wu Li Heron · Jan 6, 2017

penguinsfan13 said:

You got the empire baby in there but forgot that nobody you talk to knows the difference between an angry mob and democracy.
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Sometimes its better to first check to see if anyone is actually listening.

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