sigma wrote:It seems that the U.S. has not learned lessons from the Cuban missile crisis. Understand finally that excessive concentration of military power in the hands of one of the country, allows politicians to think about the omnipotence of this country.
you realize that your nation essentially went bankrupt over excessive military spending? And further, you all spent it on a lot of poorly made, unworkable garbage, some of which is lying at the bottom of the seas and in little craters around the world after a slew of very publicly documented failures.
This false confidence is fraught with big trouble for everyone. Politicians in the U.S. think that if Russia does not conduct aggressive military policy towards other countries, they apparently believe that Russia is weakening.
no, we, and the rest of the world know RUSSIA IS WEAK. Sure you have nuclear weapons, but might well not even have the capability to deliver them accurately. You are led by corrupt officials and your military has shown exactly nothing of note for decades.
But, Russia is the heavy artillery in the world arena. Russia is trying not to get involved in petty conflicts
no, it isn't. Compared to China and the US, you are minor players. Economically, you lag behind several other nations, and far behind as that. The world's heavy artillery, are you joking?
. The U.S. knows about it. U.S. is playing with fire as a child. It's not James Bond films. I am amazed at the stupidity of the American administration.
you continually sell us short. We make mistakes, our foreign policy has been suspect for a long time, or at least, far from perfect. Still, you don't grasp even the basics of our politcial structure(roles of President vs Congress vs Supreme Court), and you make statements that show that you are not even aware of the realities of your own nation's economic influence. You made reference, elsewhere to Russian influence in Africa. This article in the African business press describes that influence accurately with the words,"missing in action"
http://allafrica.com/stories/201307261184.html
"The Party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
George Orwell---"1984"