03-06-2017, 02:53 PM
(03-04-2017, 07:12 PM)bobc Wrote:(03-03-2017, 01:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Putin is a tyrant and a murderer who wants to extend his control over other peoples.
What if that were true?
They don't have the capability the Soviet Union might have had to conquer the world.
There are many other places in the world without pristine human rights records.
I doubt you are advocating launching nuclear missiles.
Therefore accommodations and clear defense of interests are needed.
As in NATO will be defended by the US, but Ukraine won't be. The situation in Syria will be negotiated. That sort of thing.
They have their interests, the US has its. Some interests are vital and could cause war. Other interests can be negotiated.
I don't disagree with this statement. Right now it looks like Syria will be tough to negotiate. The USA has no hand in it anymore. It will be up to Russia, Turkey and Iran to force Assad to make concessions. He will not, and has not, made any, unless forced. Russia did require him to turn over chemical weapons in 2013, after the US bombing threat.