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cleare1 year, 4 months ago

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the hypocrisy coming from the bush administration is giving me gastro-intestinal distress. this is truly a case of the pot calling the kettle black, or as a former boyfriend once said, " When you point a finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you".

no doubt russia is aggressive. i'm half estonian and we have our own border issues with russia, but the US is every bit as culpable. pre-emptive warfare is a very bad idea, and i'm very worried about this game of "russian roulette" we're playing in poland.

i'm sick and tired of threats and posturing rather than negotiation, especially when you really haven't any realistic power to back up the threat. i'm fed up with "zip - flop", mine is bigger than yours, testosterone driven foreign policies.

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    Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
    
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    I'm trying to remember, but it seems we removed radar stations from Turkey and agreed not to invade Cuba in exchange for the removal of Russian missiles from Cuba.
    
    There is no precedent for nexus b/t Cuban dynamics and either former USSR sovereigns or Eastern Europe (apart from Turkey). In this narrow sense, we're in uncharted waters. (Note: I am not saying that the conversation MUST be this narrow, but IF is it is...then...)
    
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    lbrtyordeath1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    Someone who obviously can't accept that the cold war is over...
    
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  TonyByron1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  "i'm sick and tired of threats and posturing rather than negotiation,..."
  Did Russia do any negotiations before invading Georgia? Please stop the stupid attempts to equate Russia with the US. The UN "negotiated" with Iraq for 12 years before a coalition of countries finally put an end to saddam's barbaric regime.
  
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    cleare1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    so according to you, if "they" do it, it's ok for us to do it???
    
    the un negotiated and would have continued...finally to discover that iraq DID NOT have WMD. instead, we formed a policy of preemptive war and formed a coalition of "the willing"...which DID NOT negotiate with iraq.
    
    i think you have a warped view of recent history.
    
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