Comments on: Putin: U.S. Pursuing "Imperialist" Policy

Russian Leader Says Tests Of Missiles Were Response To U.S. Plans For Missile Defense

[fascistusa]

America has an Imperialistic Policy?

The ONLY people who don't see that are The American Fascists.

It's a scary time. Our Country is FASCIST. The rest of the World knows it.

How has other Fascist Countries done in the Past? Let's see.. Ancient Rome. Gone. Nazi Germany. Gone. Fascist Italy. Gone. Imperialistic/Nazi Japan. Got NUKED.

Get out 1984 Orwell and Farenheit 451 (those of you that can read). See our Futures.

[acauble1]

But Russia as an aggressor? Not in this century.
Posted by cozzicon at 12:29 AM : Jun 01, 2007
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Sadly, the statement above is commonly made by those who only get fed the filtered "news" from the U.S. corporate media.

Russia is still a threat to the U.S., but not on their own. China, Russia's newest best ally, is a much bigger threat to the U.S., and if any war against China starts up, Russia will be siding with them and not the U.S. (especially if Bush is still in the White House at the time).

A China/Russia one-two punch will clearly wipe out the U.S. in a full-on war, (which would ultimately lead up to a nuclear exchange). Their military is continuing to advance and grow beyond the 80's relics that most people think they have.

Though the cold war is well over, the cold hearts of the 'cowboy' foreign policy from the Bush Administration is in full swing.

... And that's enough to fear by itself!

[feelfree1]

mh4cbs1,

Re:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8536707153900925247


Thank you for posting that URL. That is excellent background, and I had not seen that before.

Bill Moyers really cuts though the ***.

[cozzicon]

"How much more are we going take of Bush? Bush has been ruining our ally connections since he became "president"."-- Posted by ikenneth

He's even undone his father's work. I didn't like his father as president. But he was not inept and he handled the changes in the eastern block very well.

To see Bush Sr's work undone worries me. I'm old enough to remember "duck and cover" drills in my grammar school and the ever present fear in my generation that we'd be nuked any time. Back then with the Bolshevik's running the USSR there was a good chance of something unprovoked happening as the rhetoric and ideological conflicts heated up (Thank god for Reagan and Gorbachev!!).

THIS time when they start putting it out into the media that Russia is a threat- I'm not going to believe it. I've been fed too much koolaid over the last 6 years and I'm not drinking any more.

This stuff ain't about party anymore. It's about maintaining national sanity. MAD (mutually assured destruction) is still a reality between all countries. Who's gonna touch one of those torches off?

A terrorist might get a nuke into one city- and then the middle east would glow.

But Russia as an aggressor? Not in this century.

[middleman8]

Putin is not repeat is not jealous of the U S. No one is. The whole world knows the U S are the most lied to propaganda fed people in the world.
You people who don't know what you are talking about should realize the Russians have saved your space program and will eventely save you from Bush.

[ikenneth]

How much more are we going take of Bush? Bush has been ruining our ally connections since he became "president".

[cozzicon]

Has anyone given serious thought to the idea that with our military, in the stung out shape it's in, would have it's bum kicked by Russia?

That's the thing about war. You can look back and call Neville Chamberlain a whimp-loser or a careful diplomat based on the stakes in place.

Waiting to go to war, diplomacy, deal making, even with the bad guys- is far superior to knee jerk reactions.

Afghanistan: The right thing to do.

Iraq: Just Stupid

Problems with Russia: Unintended consequences.

I don't have answers, but I think I have the right questions:

1. How does our policy play into this?

2. Are any of his criticisms (And I'm not stating that he has a valid point) valid.

3. What should we do to cool things off.

Our own country's philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" is a mistake. We might be richer and more powerful than others. But we have to get long with everyone as well, without dictating their form of government.

Imperialism on the part of the USA may not in reality be a valid charge. But if it appears to others to be imperialism, they will act on their perceptions. We need to think a bit more about what other countries see us doing- even if we have the best of intentions.

[nothappyatall]

"as part of the Russian response to the planned deployment of new U.S. military bases and missile defense sites in ex-Soviet satellites in eastern Europe."

Yep, same as 9/11 was a response to what we did and do overseas per Bin Laden's video tapes stating why he ordered the attacks- OUR Imperialism brought all of htis on ourselves.

[verrz]

Putin of course is no easy figure to warm up to. His script reads a bit like thug rising to the top.
But then again, the silent neocon coup in the U.S. similarly shows how a clique of deterimined mind thugs can work their way to the top and hijack a once balanced foreign policy. In Putin's case, one can see him as capable of duking it out in the streets. In the case of the chubby and pampered neocons, this scenario is laughable. So, Putin at least has an aura of honesty about his bluster. The neocons on the other hand, loudly thump their chests as the hollow ringing sound it produces sickens the audience.
Putin is right. The trashing of International Law by the Bush Administration is destroying the habitability of our world far faster than global warming.

[sparks224]

Putin: U.S. Pursuing "Imperialist" Policy

Well....DUH!!