Tuesday, December 13, 2016

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B.Poster said...

Mr. Gorbachev is quite right. As to who missed the opportunity 25 years ago, I would say both sides did but that really doesn't matter. Now that the US appears to have a president elect that the Russian leadership respects and the president elect has set out about selecting team members they respect as well perhaps we can get this done. If successful, this would make life much better for pretty much everyone.

If we had to deal with leaders who recklessly accuse the Russians of interference in the US election and who selected as their representative someone simple minded enough or psycho enough to refer to Mr. Putin as "Hitler", its hard to envision how better relations could be achieved.

Given the Russian experience with the genuine article of Hitler himself, it is hard to fathom that a leader of a foreign country would be stupid enough to reference a Russian leader in these terms. It is even further hard to believe that there was NO ONE on her team who might advise her that doing such would not be a good idea.

With this said, in terms of cooperation, much has been written and said about what the United States must do. What is Russia prepared to do? What concessions are they prepared to make?

December 13, 2016 at 12:02 PM
B.Poster said...

Is Russia trying to invade western Europe or the United States. At this point, I don't think a wall against Russia is necessary. I'm thinking more along the lines of renegotiate NATO whereby NARO forces are removed from countries bordering Russia and a change of position by the US on Ukraine. These changes can be made at absolutely no cost to the US. When confronted with a decision that making it has huge potential gain and no risk of loss and keeping the position has huge costs and risks associated with it along with no possibility of reward, experiential common sense says change position.

At a minimum, eastern European countries will need to explain why they are worth risking the survival of the United States of America and its citizens. Also, at present the US military would be hard pressed to defend the United States much less be expected to bolster someone else's defense.

Bottom line we are going to need to work with Russia whether anyone likes it or not. One may cry, moan, pound sand, or whatever they need to do but at the end of the day it is long past time for people in positions of leadership to start behaving like adults here.

If we are unable to secure an agreement, there are always nukes. Other nations need to know they are on hair trigger alert and ready to fly at the blink of an eye. In order for this to be viable, we are going to need to test ours to be sure they actually work. After years of neglect in this area, blind optimism would not be warranted.

December 13, 2016 at 4:10 PM

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