rasheed wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:42 amnot trying to beat a dead horse but again, could you imagine if Canada and Mexico were in a military alliance with Russia and had missiles pointed at us? And Russia’s policy towards the US was regime change? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why Putin believes the threat is real. The only way to win is by organizing people from where they are. And right now there’s such little respect I doubt we will ever get back to Obama years.dislaxxic wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:48 amThat's a disturbing recital. MacGregor sounds sober enough until he starts to devolve into partisan blame/shame near the end.rasheed wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:18 am There seems to be a ton of posts by folks who may or may not welcome a crash course on the facts of history in the region. This has been a helpful conversation below for folks who think Putin just decided to start a war “unprovoked.” And while some may feel like they know everything already, I’d still encourage them to listen to a few folks with hundreds of years between them knowing what’s transpired. Just like Listening to the neocons in the current White House helps inform me!
https://youtu.be/uAKI8n4Us7E
The Russian "starting point" in this narrative is that their fears of having NATO on their borders is a legitimate fear. It may be legitimate in the mind of the individual dictator, Vlad. A threat to authoritarianism. What if Russia was a more western-like nation, in terms of governance, economy, international relations, etc? A bad thing? What do the actual Russian PEOPLE think of THAT possibility??
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Given the flow of chemical precursors for meth and fentanyl manufacture to Mexico from China and the flow of Chinese expatriates and their capital to Canada, I'd say China would be a more likely antagonist seeking to influence the North American continent. After all, doesn't China claim to be an Arctic state? Think of the possibilities if they controlled the second largest territory (Canada) in a rapidly warming world.