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Putin accuses US of undermining global stability

I don't know how changing ones opinion is ignorant. I have always thought that those who stick to their opinions and never change them at all to be ignorant.
I said, and will repeat, if done based on or because of propaganda by Putin. So either you're daft or you're intentionally misrepresenting what I said. I suspect the latter, but your posts leave it an open option. Bless your heart.
 
You're playing right into Putins progagandic lies. He is only upset because he is not the one doing the interventions.

" Putin accuses US of undermining global stability."

The USA created the chaos (instability) in Ukraine.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Libya.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Iraq.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Afghanistan.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Egypt.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Syria.

Hot damn y'all, but Putin says the USA is undermining global stability.
Is there a recurring theme here?
No deep thinking required.
 
I have been watching the US Russian relationship for quite some time and Putin's accusations are disingenuous. It is understandable that the Russians were avoid that the Americans ignored them, were condescending or helped them as the situation seemed to the Americans to warrant and higher priorities demanded. That they have returned to trying to harm the USA is not new. The most costly symptom of this strategy was the organization of the support of Saddam against the Security Council and Bush. But yugoslavia, Libya or Georgia and Syria were the same.
They are disingenuous, and we need to remember that he's merely posturing. A form of marketing, or PR, if you will.
 
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin of Russia said Friday that the world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place because of U.S. attempts to enforce its will on other countries and that his nation will not comply.

Says the man who started a proxy war in Eastern Ukraine.
 
Putin accuses US of undermining global stability




Though, I believe these accusations about America wanting to dominate geopolitical situations to our advantage, Putin and Russia are no better. What's scary is how far in a standoff, with both sides pushing for more concessions and assets, will they drive this competition?

Between natural disasters, environmental impact, Ebola like diseases, financial instability, ISIS/terrorism and Chinese hackers how much more strife does the world really need?

It'll get worse before it ever gets better, but things getting better seem more-and-more like a pipedream everyday. Take our current Cold War-esque conflict with Russia. Apparently neither nation learned any valuable lessons from previous interactions - if one pushes the other, the one who got pushed first shoves back.
 
I think we agree on this topic. He's right, we are undermining global security, started back in 2003 and has snowballed ever since,...actually since both Sadam and the Taliban and even al Queda were once "allies" that we armed, and Saudi Arabian royalty still are, I guess it even started before 2003. However, Putin is definitely not one to be talking. And lastly, no with everything already going on we don't need more, however the MICs in these two countries see gravy, dessert, and an aperitif, not just meat and potatoes. These MICs are in charge these days, I have no doubt, and are thrilled with the escalations and probably are doing everything they can to assure our leaders keep the world on high alert.

I believe the thing has a "we didn't start the fire" quality about it, that you might want to think about. What is going on in the world is unruly and often suddenly lethal. As long as we do not have a global provider of police security we will have to make due as the sheriff we can afford.
 
It's best to ignore the old man's ramblings.

The problem is that he has cost us dearly. Supporting Saddam together with Schröder and Chirac egged the dictator on to hold his opposition to the Security Council and the US. Very similar happened in Syria or Libya and in Ukraine, where the Europeans were his actual adversaries, while he made out the Americans for his captive audiences.
 
I think we agree on this topic. He's right, we are undermining global security, started back in 2003 and has snowballed ever since,...actually since both Sadam and the Taliban and even al Queda were once "allies" that we armed, and Saudi Arabian royalty still are, I guess it even started before 2003. However, Putin is definitely not one to be talking. And lastly, no with everything already going on we don't need more, however the MICs in these two countries see gravy, dessert, and an aperitif, not just meat and potatoes. These MICs are in charge these days, I have no doubt, and are thrilled with the escalations and probably are doing everything they can to assure our leaders keep the world on high alert.

I see you took the time to go into a long diatribe about what you hate in the US, followed by a non-criticism "Putin is definitely not on to be talking". Could your sympathies with Russia be anymore apparent. Did you say one other criticism, which is absolutely deserved, about Russia? NOOOOOOO

Your post is dismissed.
 
I see you took the time to go into a long diatribe about what you hate in the US, followed by a non-criticism "Putin is definitely not on to be talking". Could your sympathies with Russia be anymore apparent. Did you say one other criticism, which is absolutely deserved, about Russia? NOOOOOOO

Your post is dismissed.

Oh please, get over yourself. My lack of confidence in our country's motives is nothing new, and have nothing to do with Russia or Putin. To not know that is to have not read my posts over the years, which you clearly have. Do I hate the US, not quite, but if you feel the need to paint broadly, I broadly fit into that category. Still nothing to do with Russia, which I have no real opinion on having never experienced Russia. Hence I have no opinion except to be assured that any opinion I have regarding our country is because I have it, had it, and will likely continue to have, and Putin will not be influencing it one way or another.
 
" Putin accuses US of undermining global stability."

The USA created the chaos (instability) in Ukraine.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Libya.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Iraq.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Afghanistan.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Egypt.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Syria
Ukraine? No. I was in Ukraine at the time.

On the macro level, it originated as a spat between Putin and the EU. Putin knows damn well that his Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will swirl down the toilet without Ukraine.
 
Putin's speech at the Valdai Club, in its' entirety, is posted on the Vineyard of the Saker

The Vineyard of the Saker

I agree with Putin completely on the issues presented. We have created chaos in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Ukraine, Egypt, and other Nations. We have military bases in 144 Countries when there are no percieved large military threats, definitely none upon our borders. We are projecting a technically bankrupt currency about the World as a Reserve Currency and must spend as much as we can, acquiring alternative assets for the Corporate class, before it crashes. The NWO is about a Corporate world management, or more precisely, fascism. The USA has allowed a big energy hegemon to infiltrate and make policy in our leadership starting with the Intelligence Agencies operating to help American Corporations overseas. We bombed Libya and what is left behind. We threatened to bomb Syria when the rebels used poison gas and now find out that the USA has thousands of "allegedly" moderate rebels on CIA payrolls and ain't that working just great for Iraq and Syria? Is Afghanistan a success? Only if you measure success by "opium production." Is Iraq a success? All these lovely OIL/energy countries are destabilized for what reason? Cui Bono? Who profits. Well, it's capitalism (actually corporatism) and the coffers of the USA arms manufacturers, a business twice as large as the auto industry, are overflowing. USA Energy Corporations are the first profiteers of war, so they are doing well. Am I suggesting that USA MIC and its' allies promote war? Why , hell yes. Does a cat have an ass? That is known as product promotion, marketing, good business and I will repeat what I often repeat; "War is good business, and business is good." If the auto industry downturn can crash our economy, then a lack of wars crashes our economy twice as bad because it is twice as large an Industry. I think USA policy is doing exactly what it wants by creating chaos in Energy producing Nations because they can't be so stupid to keep making the same mistake, over and over. It must be the plan. Classified, top secret, not for virgin ears, don't ya' know?

The US created instability in so many countries, not for economic reasons, if anything instability hurts our finances overall, except for a handful of defense contractors. It was because of a controlling and paranoid ideology about how to deal with extremist terrorism and religious fundamentalists. With out current increase in domestic oil/gas output, we're not even that reliant on ME reserves. Our leaders real problem with the ME is keeping Russia and China from tapping into all the energy they need from there to become even bigger global influences. It's a game of who can stay on top.


It'll get worse before it ever gets better, but things getting better seem more-and-more like a pipedream everyday. Take our current Cold War-esque conflict with Russia. Apparently neither nation learned any valuable lessons from previous interactions - if one pushes the other, the one who got pushed first shoves back.

That's because our current leaders were little kids at the height of the Cold War. We didn't play our cards well with Russia, and could've been a little more generous with financial incentives, instead of being so tight fisted.
 
" Putin accuses US of undermining global stability."

The USA created the chaos (instability) in Ukraine.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Libya.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Iraq.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Afghanistan.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Egypt.
The USA created the chaos (instability) in Syria.

Hot damn y'all, but Putin says the USA is undermining global stability.
Is there a recurring theme here?
No deep thinking required.

Interestingly enough, those are all places the USSR were once fighting for influence. The reason they are no longer the USSR is because they lost that battle. I would agree that the unfortunate consequence of the cold war was that we had to prop up governments that were quite toxic to the countries they controlled. However, the alternative was to allow the USSR to do it. The Cold war was basically a fight of resources and a chess game of sorts. A chess game that the USSR nearly won when they got as far as Cuba and parts of South America, but simply could not outpace the US economically. They no longer had the money to buy the influence needed to continue the battle. As their influence folded, the US gobbled it up and used the newly acquired resources to strangle the USSR economically. Simply put, Russia is trying to get its head back into the game and wants a re-match.
 
In fairness, his incursion seems to have caused considerably less casualties, and considerably less turmoil locally, and dramatically less instability globally than our incursions into the ME.

Because he's not fighting an open war. Apples and oranges.
 
What was it they used to say about stones and glass houses?
 
The US created instability in so many countries, not for economic reasons, if anything instability hurts our finances overall, except for a handful of defense contractors. It was because of a controlling and paranoid ideology about how to deal with extremist terrorism and religious fundamentalists. With out current increase in domestic oil/gas output, we're not even that reliant on ME reserves. Our leaders real problem with the ME is keeping Russia and China from tapping into all the energy they need from there to become even bigger global influences. It's a game of who can stay on top.




That's because our current leaders were little kids at the height of the Cold War. We didn't play our cards well with Russia, and could've been a little more generous with financial incentives, instead of being so tight fisted.

There would have been no Cold War had President Truman stuck with the post-War plans and deals made by the big three - Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. But, he didn't and so we got the Cold War I.e. the permanent War economy.
 
There would have been no Cold War had President Truman stuck with the post-War plans and deals made by the big three - Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. But, he didn't and so we got the Cold War I.e. the permanent War economy.

It's not about "could've, would've, should've" but about influence, power and money, and we haz it.
 
It's not about "could've, would've, should've" but about influence, power and money, and we haz it.

Yes, but mutual cooperation is better than being at each other's throats for over 70 years now. The power of reciprocity, give-and-take.
 
Yes, but mutual cooperation is better than being at each other's throats for over 70 years now. The power of reciprocity, give-and-take.

Not happening yet in a world of 'survival of the fittest'. We are competitive by nature.
 
Not happening yet in a world of 'survival of the fittest'. We are competitive by nature.

Of course, but we can't take the whole pie for ourselves, as we don't have the money nor the resources (including manpower) to achieve such grand plans.
 
Putin must be related to this guy.



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Of course, but we can't take the whole pie for ourselves, as we don't have the money nor the resources (including manpower) to achieve such grand plans.

We've came awful close at one point of dominating the globe. But I see the US and Europe declining in comparison to emerging powers like China, India and South America.
 
Putin accuses US of undermining global stability




Though, I believe these accusations about America wanting to dominate geopolitical situations to our advantage, Putin and Russia are no better. What's scary is how far in a standoff, with both sides pushing for more concessions and assets, will they drive this competition?

Between natural disasters, environmental impact, Ebola like diseases, financial instability, ISIS/terrorism and Chinese hackers how much more strife does the world really need?

Do you think the two are comparable?

Was it Russia or the US which backed and then immediately legitimized the usurpers in Ukraine?

Was it Russia or US foreign policy in the ME which created the conditions and brought about the formation of ISIS?

Was it Russia or US who created and implemented a surveillance system which has the capability to spy on virtually everyone all the time? Friends and Foes alike?

Pitting self assertion and regional influence with global hegemony isn't really an honest comparison.
 
Do you think the two are comparable?

Was it Russia or the US which backed and then immediately legitimized the usurpers in Ukraine?

Was it Russia or US foreign policy in the ME which created the conditions and brought about the formation of ISIS?

Was it Russia or US who created and implemented a surveillance system which has the capability to spy on virtually everyone all the time? Friends and Foes alike?

Pitting self assertion and regional influence with global hegemony isn't really an honest comparison.

It was both.
 
Putin accuses US of undermining global stability




Though, I believe these accusations about America wanting to dominate geopolitical situations to our advantage, Putin and Russia are no better. What's scary is how far in a standoff, with both sides pushing for more concessions and assets, will they drive this competition?

Between natural disasters, environmental impact, Ebola like diseases, financial instability, ISIS/terrorism and Chinese hackers how much more strife does the world really need?
He's just trying to create pressure and uncertainty cause Russia could use the oil revenue
 
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