Quote: (12-08-2015 01:21 AM)Big Nilla Wrote:
Good article from Paul Craig Roberts:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info...e43644.htm
Key points...
"The Russian government’s low key response to the provocation was used by Washington to reassure Europe that there is no risk in continuing to pressure Russia in the Middle East, Ukraine, Georgia, Montenegro, and elsewhere. Washington’s attack on Assad’s military is being used to reinforce the belief that is being inculcated in European governments that Russia’s responsible behavior to avoid war is a sign of fear and weakness."
"For Russia, responsible response to provocation has become a liability, because it encourages more provocation.
In other words, Washington and the gullibility of its European vassals have put humanity in a very dangerous situation, as the only choices left to Russia and China are to accept American vassalage or to prepare for war."
"The Russian government has relied on responsible, non-provocative responses. Russia has taken the diplomatic approach, relying on European governments coming to their senses, realizing that their national interests diverge from Washington’s, and ceasing to enable Washington’s hegemonic policy. Russia’s policy has failed. To repeat, Russia’s low key, responsible responses have been used by Washington to paint Russia as a paper tiger that no one needs to fear.
We are left with the paradox that Russia’s determination to avoid war is leading directly to war."
Babyboomers who are not ignorant politicians don't believe in Russia being a paper tiger. My parents remember the cold war days and they see striking similarities with then and now.
The only difference being is that we are open to attack because our supposedly biggest ally, the US, is inciting mass violence across the globe.
Only the young believe in fairy tales, where Russian ordnance cannot reach European cities. Russia would be hard-pressed to do such a thing because lets face it, the Europeans are friendly and welcoming of Russia in modern times and throughout history.
But if neccessary, Russia will hit us like they'd hit America.
Americans and Russian governments might as well be from different planets, complete opposites and it doesn't help that each side has plenty of nuclear weapons. It also doesn't help that the foreign policy of the US is agitating Russia at the cost of Europe.
When people talk of a federal EU it is to pivot European thinking to a more American way, where absolute violence is the first tool to use and question asked later, perhaps.