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kenny blankenship

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46. Actually Clinton's trajectory was to expand NATO into POLAND
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 11:39 AM
Mar 2014

Last edited Sat Mar 8, 2014, 12:14 PM - Edit history (1)

Despite pledges given by his predecessor to Gorbachev that we would not expand NATO's military frontier eastward, given in exchange for not getting in the way of German reunification. Now we have missiles in Poland (intended to peel back Russia's deterrent force and render them vulnerable to attack) and military alliances & joint exercises with other former Warsaw Pact countries. Dangling NATO inclusion in front of GEORGIA and UKRAINE, both former SSRs on Russia's southern flank, and pouring billions into destabilizing them (Color Revolutions) is nothing outside the trajectory of aggression set by Clinton. US foreign policy under Clinton, Bush and now Obama is following the SAME STRATEGY : to encircle Russia and carve parts of the former USSR away from it, one by one, eventually leading to destabilization of the Russian Federation state itself. Then there was the Clinton era "Reconstruction" of Russia by Team Rubin, and IMF Chicago school boys, which resulted in economic disaster for Russia, as seen in collapsing production and GDP contraction by FIFTY PERCENT, widespread hunger, declining life expectancy, deaths outstripping births (a trend that was reversed only last year), the rise of the Oligarchs, etc. - a slide into anarchic social dissolution which has taken more than a decade to halt.

And who was it who signed into law the Iraqi Liberation Act, calling for US action to bring about regime change in Iraq? That was Bill Clinton. Who was it who just COULDN'T let go of Iraq, long after it was clear that their military was a shambles and their OMG! weapons of mass destruction were, if not eliminated to the last drop, then certainly no longer existent on a scale to actually threaten their neighbors? That was Bill Clinton again. if he had trouble with Republicans he bombed Iraq. If he had Bimbo Eruptions, he bombed Iraq. Meanwhile, thousands of innocent Iraqis died due to the sanctions regime which in effect strangled imports of food and medicine. This savage farce played out for his entire 8 year blow job Administration. A small price to pay, according to Clinton Sec. of State Albright, for the failed state basket case Iraq has become under our empire.

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See, it's shit like that that scares me more than any muddling on an island ever could n/t Scootaloo Mar 2014 #1
Do you mean "muddling" as in off-shore bank accounts? another_liberal Mar 2014 #2
What i mean is... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #4
They have us over the barrel RobertEarl Mar 2014 #5
We shoulda followed Clinton's trajectory Scootaloo Mar 2014 #6
Gore was elected RobertEarl Mar 2014 #9
+1 Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it warrant46 Mar 2014 #10
We're doing it RobertEarl Mar 2014 #11
+1000 warrant46 Mar 2014 #50
1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #36
Actually Clinton's trajectory was to expand NATO into POLAND kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #46
+1. nt. polly7 Mar 2014 #48
++ FarCenter Mar 2014 #51
Us over a barrel? ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #15
Say what? RobertEarl Mar 2014 #18
All meaningless... Chan790 Mar 2014 #21
So, you are in favor of starving them? RobertEarl Mar 2014 #24
No. I propose that reason prevail here. Chan790 Mar 2014 #43
Isn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #23
I didn't think I needed to repeat it <grin> RobertEarl Mar 2014 #25
Absolutely. eom 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #27
Don't forget the Arctic. bemildred Mar 2014 #38
The Arctic, indeed RobertEarl Mar 2014 #39
I have heard they are doing some construction up there. bemildred Mar 2014 #42
Yes it hits us all in this country where it hurts. another_liberal Mar 2014 #7
China could probable absorb Russia's hydrocarbon production that Downwinder Mar 2014 #3
Good point. another_liberal Mar 2014 #8
Yep. The statement "wonderful trade and economic relations with our partners in the East and South" Strelnikov_ Mar 2014 #32
Fascinating! I really mean that. another_liberal Mar 2014 #35
Looks more and more like a high stakes game ( fold or all-in ) /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #12
Lets hope it doesn't go that far. another_liberal Mar 2014 #37
Who is "us"? Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #13
American exceptionalism! GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #14
My eyes! I've gone blind! Demeter Mar 2014 #16
The protesters were the reason our diplomats succeeded . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #17
Brought To You By Chevron jakeXT Mar 2014 #19
We spent five billion just to get the ball rolling? another_liberal Mar 2014 #28
Sorry, but that's exactly wrong Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #26
We do seem to manage to get people in the streets . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #30
They get themselves out into the streets Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #33
Not arrogance, not really. another_liberal Mar 2014 #34
It was all a coup! Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #41
I disagree that we wanted Svoboda to run Ukraine . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #45
Another neocon SNAFU. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #20
The neocons in big business are addicted to taking high risks for high gains. another_liberal Mar 2014 #31
Ukrainians got rid of that corrupt tyrant, not us. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #22
The facts available in the public record be damned, right? another_liberal Mar 2014 #29
The West would NEVER involve itself in another country's affairs polly7 Mar 2014 #40
Right, . . . yeah! That's the ticket! another_liberal Mar 2014 #44
Pure ProSense Mar 2014 #47
They supply a majority of eastern Europe's natural gas . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #49
I'm sure ProSense Mar 2014 #52
Foreign Direct Investment inflow to Russia was $94 billion in 2013 FarCenter Mar 2014 #53
You actually believe that? Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #54
US Export Profile Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #55
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