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Putin was set on world domination long before Trump was elected. Obama and Clinton thought they could "reset" relations with Putin, but Putin was playing them t
by ralmidani 9y ago
Putin was set on world domination long before Trump was elected. Obama and Clinton thought they could "reset" relations with Putin, but Putin was playing them the whole time.
By the way, I voted for Clinton.
Edit: typo
- kingcoin 9y agoNot that Russians have a real choice, but they voted too.
- baursak 9y ago> Putin was set on world domination I guess this is one of examples of Putin's quest for world domination, right? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/nato-deploys-troops-poland-russian-border-170413213541667.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/nato-deploys-troops-p...
- kazagistar 9y agoIsnt that a fairly rational defensive response to Russians invading and annexing parts of Ukraine? If Russia wants to strengthen defenses against Nato in response, fine, as long as they don't go invading pad those borders as well.
- ionised 9y agoThis all happened AFTER NATO put misssile defences in Turkey, bordering Russia's sphere of influence which they agreed not to do. If NATO isn't going to maintain the agreement why should Russia?
- baursak 9y agoThat was but one example, there are plenty from before Ukrainian conflict started, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_missile_defense_complex_in_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_missile_defense_... Imagine US reaction if Putin tried to set up a "missile defense system" in Cuba. Oh wait.