Monday, July 16, 2018

Putin/Trump Meeting: A Chance to Reset Our Relations


"That order includes Russia playing a central role, instead of being treated like a pariah or a second-rate has-been." This is the point. The US has treated Russia as a pariah since the end of the Soviet Union and provoked everyone of the problems with Russia by first meddling in Russian elections in the 90s (and those of many other countries before and since), supporting an anti-Russian coup in Ukraine, and putting NATO on Russia's borders after having promised not to do so. So Putin is criticized for giving us back a dose of our own medicine. Despite this propaganda article in the NYT, which lacks any objectivity or truthful attempt to explain Russian foreign policy, the whole world will benefit by this meeting between Trump and Putin if a lessening of needlessly hostile intentions results -- despite the attempts to increase tensions by the leftover war hawks in the Republican and Democratic party establishments.



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NYTIMES.COM
By attacking Europe and starting a trade war with America’s closest allies, President Trump has already advanced the agenda of President Vladimir V. Putin, analysts say.

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