By the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan, who had called the Soviet Union an “evil empire,” was strolling through Red Square with Russians slapping him on the back.
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.
And how have we husbanded the fruits of our Cold War triumph?
This month, China’s leader-for-life Xi Jinping stood beside Vladimir Putin as 3,000 Chinese troops maneuvered with 300,000 Russians, 1,000 planes and 900 tanks in Moscow’s largest military exercise in 40 years.
An uncoded message to the West from the East.
Richard Nixon’s great achievement in bringing Peking in from the cold, and Reagan’s great achievement of ending the Cold War, are history.
Bolshevism may be dead, but Russian nationalism, awakened by NATO’s quick march to Russia’s ancient frontiers, is alive and well.
Russia appears to have given up on the West and accepted that its hopes for better times with President Donald Trump are not to be.
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WNU Editor: Russia has not given up on the West .... they have chosen to ignore it (for now). But there are red lines that the West must be careful to not cross .... Ukraine, military build-up on Russian borders, nuclear proliferation, extreme economic sanctions, persecution of Russian minorities, etc., .... just to name a few.
Buchanan is a paid Russian spy.
ReplyDeleteRed lines huh? Russia is hardly blameless in ignoring red lines. This is karma. Russia had a chance to avoid being suffocated by China in a few years if only they hadn't conspired with Obama operatives to defraud a US election. Stay out of US politics in 2016 and Trump had a chance to normalize relations. Forget Ukraine, Syria, natural gas power plays, its that conspiracy that has broken relations.
ReplyDeleteanon--what is it you are smoking? conspired with Obama? how many trumpanistas indicted and pleading guilty?
ReplyDeletefred, the Steele Dossier was concocted with the assistance of Russians close to Putin. It's not what I'm smoking it is your ignorance.
ReplyDeleteFred.. Watch the news closely..
ReplyDelete"Fred.. Watch the news closely.."
ReplyDelete" It's not what I'm smoking it is your ignorance."
No, No, No. Lapides and one other who comment here are wonderful, their logic, exposition, and world views truly unique. I think they are wonderful and should never change!
Uhmmyeah sorry, the Russians cannot just keep having a bunch of red lines and act like assholes. I am all for peace between us, but under Putin this will less and less be likely. You cannot just invade a sovereign country - Ukraine - and then say that's your red line. Go away
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