First the news ...
So many knee jerk comments against engagement with Russia. It's as though Boris Badenough really impacted the critical thinking in generations of growing Americans.
My reply to a comment on the article:
"Putin is a KGB thug, and an expert in disinformation and duplicity. "
True.
I 'm as much a 'cold war' dinosaur as anyone but, what I appreciate as also true is that the war in Ukraine was intentionally produced by Obama, Brennan, and Biden. Putin has a real bone to pick with us over that.
Continuing under Trump, the degree US 'support', even direct involvement, particularly with the deep strikes and the sinking of the cruiser AZOV, justify similar actions by Russia using a proxy like Hezbllah against American ships, or B-2s and B-52s, in the US.
He has held off.
Now it is the US, not the Soviet Union, being bled white with counter productive military expenses. An irony Vlad no doubt enjoys. We need to get out of Ukraine (and destroy our biowar labs there) and, either economically choke Iran into rebellion or declare victory and sail away, before Xi lets Kim deliver the nukes Iran has already paid for.
Putin could make those developments easier, or harder.
Like it or not, engaging him the right way is in our mutual interests.
Meh, I doubt it'll be posted.
