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In reply to the discussion: Should the downing of this airliner have any long term effect on our relationship with Russia? [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)10. I think we should be the peacemaking entity
along with the UN.
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Should the downing of this airliner have any long term effect on our relationship with Russia? [View all]
yurbud
Jul 2014
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Putin has grown obsessed with reconstituting the control of the Soviet Union
davidn3600
Jul 2014
#24
I'm curious, who is charging that Putin and his loons downed it intentionally knowing
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#4
Well, Reagan-era bad ideas notwithstanding, why did Putin give his toddlers a loaded gun
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#6
Does our government give a rat's ass about the maturity of right wing regimes we arm?
yurbud
Jul 2014
#13
Is that the topic? Because I thought the topic was the airliner that was shot down.
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#19
Like we gave Saddam Hussein, like we gave Al Queda in Afghanistan, like we gave the Syrian 'rebels'
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#51
You're aware that Putin enables Assad to kill Syrian civilians by the city block, right?
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#22
our government has done every single one of those things and led to far greater loss of life
yurbud
Jul 2014
#12
So really, you started this thread to say the USA is bad ergo Russia is not bad?
KittyWampus
Jul 2014
#15
At this point we should demand that Putin stop backing and arming the separatists,
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#34
Russia wants to corner the market on enabling rogue regimes, they hate it when we muscle in--
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#38
Those of you who present the choices as war or just forgetting it happened are working an agenda
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#23
That was proof of the US as Great Satan. This? Just a sad little accident.
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#26
is that sarcasm? Like this incident, I don't see the value to our government in doing that
yurbud
Jul 2014
#41
I'm intrigued by the tactic of searching for winners and losers, who gains or
TwilightGardener
Jul 2014
#43
it depends on how severe they are. I'm all for restitution and things along that line
yurbud
Jul 2014
#44
the Iranians disliked us because we disliked them, but they didn't have the means to retaliate.
yurbud
Jul 2014
#30