Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Russian and Ukraine troops battle in south, prompting fears that invasion has begun [View all]newthinking
(3,982 posts)So you actually admit that NATO has essentially surrounded Russia and then you say that it was the reaction to the threat of NATO moving into Ukraine that caused Russia to cause NATO to go into Ukraine???
Think about what you just said?
Do you really think that not leaving a buffer is good for either country? I don't know how old you are, but one of the reasons the world did not get annihilated in a Nuclear meltdown during the cold war was because there was time to react and assess. Why in the world is it even in our interests to place everything with a hair trigger and to reduce diplomacy to minimum levels? It is arrogant stupidity, the disease RWs have.
This is not all that different from the way Reagan thought. Reagan essentially constantly made the Russians afraid that we may press the nuclear button. We talked loud and aggressive. Reagan took incredible unwise chances and was actually shocked to realize that the world almost blew up due to a signal cross. Reagan softened his rhetoric after that come to Jesus moment (that playing god might actually backfire).
Showdown at noon may look good in the movies, but the "good guy" does not always live.