re: Ukraine just bombed Russia again

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Putin's minions are already rattling sabers over the Baltics who are de-Russifying and place great value on their independence.

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1968, you know we go back years. You were one of the few posters who would engage with me in polite discussion whenever I was one of a handful of Ron Paul supporters on the old Auburn board.

You always were receptive to my arguments and I always have remembered and appreciated you for that nicety. So I offer the following comments with that spirit in mind:

Russia is far from the only aggressor in this conflict. The post Cold War assurances from the United States to Russia that the West would not expand eastward is but the tip of the iceberg in the deteriorating relations and distrust between the two superpowers.

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has by far been the more expansionist military power than Russia and it is not even close. Indeed, the CIA instigated color revolutions throughout Eastern Europe through successive Republican and Democratic administrations inflamed relations between NATO and Russia.

The NATO debacle in the Balkans certainly did nothing to improve Russia’s trust of the foreign policy objectives of the West. After NATO’s aggressive military intervention in the Balkans and the 20 year occupation of Afghanistan, it indeed is absurd to continue to repeat the damnable lie that NATO is a purely defensive military alliance.

The only reason the Biden administration has deployed these missiles is to make it harder for the incoming Trump administration to successfully negotiate a peaceful conclusion to the conflict. It is a craven power play pure and simple.