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Americans Increasingly See Russia as Threat, Top U.S. Enemy

Because accepting responsibility is so un American, I know. I remember Obama being attacked and called un-American for daring to apologise to the Muslim world for past US aggressions when giving a speech in Egypt. Yes it's more manly and patriotic to deny and remain belligerent.

But everyone here seems to take responsibility about the actions that liberated former Yugoslavians that were ruled by Russian style oppression, but you?
 
But everyone here seems to take responsibility about the actions that liberated former Yugoslavians that were ruled by Russian style oppression, but you?

Stop lying. You haven't heard my personal feelings on the breakup of Yugoslavia. All I said was that the US/NATO/IMF worked post Tito for the breakup.r
 
What arrogance I'm British yet you are trying to claim you know my history better than I do ! You did the same with DDD. As far as historical knowledge goes I'd be more than happy to do a pop quiz with you any day on any country.

Britain was perhaps one of the most benign and benevolent empires that ever existed leaving knowledge, political systems and infrastructure that benefitted billions in its wake. Thats not to say that no blood was shed nor miscalculations and mistakes happen but it has certainly no moral equivalency with the despotic tyrants of the 20th and 21st century whatsoever. If you had a clue you would know this but by all means get your facts from revisionist opinion pieces that fit your warped worldview instead

Laugh my ass off, speak of arrogance and denial.
 
Being an anti-imperialist is one thing, being pro-Russian is another.

I think the point was, he's not a Greek conspirator, as falsely claimed, hmm! And what's wrong with being pro-Russian. Stop being so hateful.
 
What is required is a voice that represents the Ukrainian majority here in DP to tell us how it is there. Then the analogy of me representing historical facts here would have more credibility just like a Ukrainian would have a more valid say about their own country.

Asking only the Russian minorities about what is going on there and leaving it to them having a say about the whole story is biased.

OMG, where have we seen that play before.
 
Stop lying. You haven't heard my personal feelings on the breakup of Yugoslavia. All I said was that the US/NATO/IMF worked post Tito for the breakup.r

But you have not heard of my personal feelings neither, yet you claim that I am being "hateful."

I think the point was, he's not a Greek conspirator, as falsely claimed, hmm! And what's wrong with being pro-Russian. Stop being so hateful.
 
Laugh my ass off, speak of arrogance and denial.

Really ? You are just here to trash the West and more specifically the US in any way you can. You don't really care a jot about the fate of the people of Ukraine. They represent for you just another situation that you think can cynically exploit in order to facilitate that end nothing more :(
 
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Americans are idiots.

They change fears quicker than the GOP changes front-running primary candidates.

In the last 12 months the "top threat" has been, alternately, Iran, China, Russia, ISIS, Barack Obama, Ebola, and/or cyberwarfare.

If China invades Taiwan tomorrow then all of a sudden the media will be reporting that China is our biggest threat and the sheep will believe it, and if the week after there's a Measles outbreak in Peoria and the media shifts fire people will think that infectious disease is our biggest threat.

If our government does ANYTHING based on what "people" think we're doomed.

There's a reason the Founding Fathers didn't give the "huddled masses yearning to breath free" the right to vote.

Our government is beholden to a nation of people whose homes are underwater, who struggle to find minimum wage jobs, and who can't calculate compound interest rates, if they even know what those are.

Americans are the biggest threat to America.

Everything else is slight of hand.
 
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But you have not heard of my personal feelings neither, yet you claim that I am being "hateful."

Sure I have. You told me you supported the breakup of Yugoslavia.
 
Really ? You are just here to trash the West and more specifically the US in any way you can. You don't really care a jot about the fate of the people of Ukraine. They represent for you just another situation that you think can cynically exploit in order to facilitate that end nothing more :(

Pointing out Western nations, and particularly US, atrocious foreign policies of the past, is the best way for any hope of not repeating them. Sweeping them under the rug, and pretending they don't exist, while pointing at others you accuse of the same, is immature. Stop lurking behind the guilt, accept responsibility, and then lobby for your new model, in that order.
 
Americans are idiots.

They change fears quicker than the GOP changes front-running primary candidates.

In the last 12 months the "top threat" has been, alternately, Iran, China, Russia, ISIS, Barack Obama, Ebola, and/or cyberwarfare.

If China invades Taiwan tomorrow then all of a sudden the media will be reporting that China is our biggest threat and the sheep will believe it, and if the week after there's a Measles outbreak in Peoria and the media shifts fire people will think that infectious disease is our biggest threat.

If our government does ANYTHING based on what "people" think we're doomed.

There's a reason the Founding Fathers didn't give the "huddled masses yearning to breath free" the right to vote.

Our government is beholden to a nation of people whose homes are underwater, who struggle to find minimum wage jobs, and who can't calculate compound interest rates, if they even know what those are.

Americans are the biggest threat to America.

Everything else is slight of hand.

Um, yes. You have the American model down pat.
 
Pointing out Western nations, and particularly US, atrocious foreign policies of the past, is the best way for any hope of not repeating them.

Sweeping them under the rug, and pretending they don't exist, while pointing at others you accuse of the same, is immature. Stop lurking behind the guilt, accept responsibility, and then lobby for your new model, in that order.

Strawman alert ! :roll:
 
Sure I have. You told me you supported the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Supporting the liberation of my people away from the Yugoslavian oppressive regime is suppose to mean that I am hateful of Russia?
 
Supporting the liberation of my people away from the Yugoslavian oppressive regime is suppose to mean that I am hateful of Russia?

No, blaming everything about the break up of Yugoslavia on Russia, and ignoring the role that the US/NATO and the IMF played is.
 
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Americans Increasingly See Russia as Threat, Top U.S. Enemy



Not surprising at all. Americans are indeed keeping abreast of Russian military expansionism in Europe and Putin's dishonesty and manipulations.


Remember the 2012 debates, this topic came up and Obama made a whiny sniveling snide remark to Romney, saying 'that the 1980's called and wanted their foreign policy back'? Well again, Romney has been proven to be 100% correct and Obama has been proven to be freakin' uninformed incompetent idiot.....AGAIN.

I am really surprised Obama/Hillary's 'Reset Button' foreign policy has been a disaster. Who saw that coming?
 
Remember the 2012 debates, this topic came up and Obama made a whiny sniveling snide remark to Romney, saying 'that the 1980's called and wanted their foreign policy back'? Well again, Romney has been proven to be 100% correct and Obama has been proven to be freakin' uninformed incompetent idiot.....AGAIN.

I am really surprised Obama/Hillary's 'Reset Button' foreign policy has been a disaster. Who saw that coming?

At best, Russia is a threat to Kiev. How exactly is Russia Americas biggest threat??
 
At best, Russia is a threat to Kiev. How exactly is Russia Americas biggest threat??

If you recall, the question in the debate was 'geopolitical threat', I don't think anyone fears Russia taking a page from Obama's buddies ISIS play-book and cutting off heads, burning alive, raping, enslaving, torturing men, women and children here in the US.
 
If you recall, the question in the debate was 'geopolitical threat', I don't think anyone fears Russia taking a page from Obama's buddies ISIS play-book and cutting off heads, burning alive, raping, enslaving, torturing men, women and children here in the US.

They may be a threat to US power, hegemony, or influence. But nothing more.
 
But not Russia, right?

Cutting off heads, burning alive, crucifying, raping NO.

Who is a bigger geopolitical threat? Or a realistic geopolitical threat at all?
 
They may be a threat to US power, hegemony, or influence. But nothing more.

A regional war with NATO/EU does not qualify as a serious/dangerous geopolitical threat in your eyes?
 
Cutting off heads, burning alive, crucifying, raping NO.

Who is a bigger geopolitical threat? Or a realistic geopolitical threat at all?

Russia. A mature state power with the Second most advanced military in the world.
 
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