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by theironhammer 4y ago
That is false. Even when the Soviets started to supply Europe with gas the Washington elites became alarmed. The US is a hegemonic superpower, it most definitely has a say on who Europe gets its gas from. NATO is the USA. Let's not kid
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by theironhammer 4y ago
1993 Ukraine joined a cooperative organization that effectively made them a defacto NATO member. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/07/27/US-and-Ukraine-sign-... 2013 Viktoria Nuland orchestrated a coup t
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by theironhammer 4y ago
Crimea affords Russia with a warm water port. There's no way in Hell they will give that up. Putin took Crimea because he was afraid of losing it if Ukraine joined NATO.
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by theironhammer 4y ago
I would agree and add that the American and British soldiers were "lions lead by donkeys" and if not for the might of the American industrial machine supplying materiél the superior trained and leas German forces would've at
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by theironhammer 4y ago
China needs Russia. As tensions rise between China and USA regarding hegemony China will need Russian commodities. This is why Nixon sought to keep China and Russia separate. I don't know what the US State department's strategy is
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by theironhammer 4y ago
His thesis is based on Spheres of Influence. That's RealPolitik not D2P.
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by theironhammer 4y ago
Yes Ukraine is the biggest loser here. EU a distant second. Washington's goal is to become the defacto supplier of gas and oil to Europe and cut Russia right out of the market thereby crippling them financially. And the War in Ukraine
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by theironhammer 4y ago
Excellent post. Thank-you for this. And to anyone who thinks taking the Russian point of view means you are Russian shill please view some John Meersheimer on YouTube. He also references prominent and respected IR American scholars who crit
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by theironhammer 4y ago
The Nuclear War threat is not a joke. Just imagine if China or Russia had the same activities in Mexico or Canada that the USA/NATO has had in the Ukraine over many years. How would Washington react?
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by theironhammer 4y ago
There's this: https://rust-on-nails.com