During the cold war, a geopolitical game was played by opposing nations called brinksmanship. It was a dangerous and idiotic testing of wills to see how far a nation could go and which nation would blink.
The ultimate test of brinksmanship came when the Soviet Union tried to place ballistic missiles (very likely with nuclear warheads) in client nation Cuba to threaten the U.S. The U.S. sent out warships to head off the shipments, and though the negotiations were rancorous and very tense, the Soviet Union ultimately backed down and the Russian ships returned home without delivering their dangerous cargo. World War III narrowly was avoided, and what it took was a strong U.S. military to respond if needed, and a resolute president who was willing to stand up to the Russian premier, Nikita Kruschev.
We are seeing a new and ongoing display of aggression and brinksmanship by Russian President Vladimir Putin as he pushes to return Russia to international eminence after the nation’s economic and political meltdown in the 1980’s. Back then the strong U.S. leader was President Ronald Reagan. He demanded that Russia “tear down the wall” between East and West Berlin, which truly started the end of the cold war along with a precipitous Russian decline.
Russia is a bully, and Russian leaders understand strength, not diplomacy. Putin is anxious to restore Russian “glory,” and has been projecting power against a number of U.S. targets recently, with the world is waiting to see if President Obama is up to the challenge.
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obama n every piece of government tryn to attack our country when we going to shoot down these fuckers n corrupt s**t
Clear indication the Russians are willing to go toe to toe with the US..and are aching for a fight.
Think maybe it’s time we replied in kind?
And our golfer in chief apologizes for us getting too close to their planes.
Not with the current “no leadership”. Keep in mind the Russians are chess players and have thought ahead numerous moves.
Well you started off the story telling of how we responded when they came to cuba. But if they fly up to our ships sailing on their border it’s agressive? We have no need to be there.
Patrick Dullea agreed on our lack
Roy AlderseBaes..the Russians have been doing their homework. Do a google on S-400 Russian are defense system to get a working knowledge of Russian Tech. The question that should be on the back of your mind is where did the Russians get the system architecture for the S-400?? http://in.rbth.com/blogs/2015/03/11/how_russias_s-400_makes_the_f-35_obsolete_41895
Jesus Fucking Christ, a tongue in cheek comment becomes a tech discussion. Really?