(07-18-2018 06:54 AM)stinkfist Wrote: (07-17-2018 10:24 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: The Russia/America paradigm has hopefully shifted.
There is simply no reason to not get along on some level with Russia. We have no inherent beef with them.
XACLY!
Yup.
Alluded to this in other threads.
Especially the “people”. We would, could, and Do have more in common with their people than almost anyone other than the Brits, pols and possibly the frenchies, depending. Maybe a couple other Scandinavian joints, but not so sure there any longer.
They’re a yuge, spread out country, once and likely still, largely agrarian, settlers, rugged folks that have unfortunately been under the thumb of a brutal, Inhumane, counter to freedom of individual liberty system, for a hundred years now.
The “people” can and were great. When left to their own devices.
They were right there on the forefront more in 1870 than they were in 1970.
Why? Wellll. Per Lenin, let’s kill all the educated... it’ll be utopia, 50 million dead later.
Why NOT have good relations with Russia and esp their people? Plenty of their teens and 20’s come over here for summer work and school, they all seem to love and embrace this joint. No one trying to shoot up or bomb anyone last I checked. (Maybe you could stretch it to the svrniav (sp) dickheads if you’d like) but that’s about it.
We have FAAAAAR bigger threats out there than Russia, especially if we can work with them.
Just like we did 75 years ago.