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<blockquote data-quote="rhart" data-source="post: 2816808" data-attributes="member: 16596"><p>Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Obama's coolness to and abandonment of former allies in the middle east created a vacuum that attracted Russia's involvement for economic reasons and for garnering of power and prestige in the world. Countries formerly under our influence turned to Russia when they figured out they could not depend on the US for support/protection.</p><p></p><p> Russia is playing the smart game in the face of perceived American weakness and lack of resolve by former allies. They are doing exactly as we would do if the situation was reversed - seeing opportunities and seizing them for their own benefit.</p><p></p><p> I have been to Russia on three occasions and I detected no ill will from the Russian people in general. They are a lot like us in many ways. The US blew it as far as Russia goes IMHO. When the Soviet Union crumbled we should have welcomed them to the free world with open arms and helped them in every way we could. If we had maybe Putin would not have gained so much power and we may have gained a powerful ally. Now he is a virtual dictator and his strongman style is appealing to a country struggling to create a national identity for itself in the world after their great fall.</p><p></p><p> I sometimes wonder if there was too much vested interest in keeping the cold war alive. Without a Soviet boogey man a lot of people may have lost their reason for existing...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rhart, post: 2816808, member: 16596"] Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Obama's coolness to and abandonment of former allies in the middle east created a vacuum that attracted Russia's involvement for economic reasons and for garnering of power and prestige in the world. Countries formerly under our influence turned to Russia when they figured out they could not depend on the US for support/protection. Russia is playing the smart game in the face of perceived American weakness and lack of resolve by former allies. They are doing exactly as we would do if the situation was reversed - seeing opportunities and seizing them for their own benefit. I have been to Russia on three occasions and I detected no ill will from the Russian people in general. They are a lot like us in many ways. The US blew it as far as Russia goes IMHO. When the Soviet Union crumbled we should have welcomed them to the free world with open arms and helped them in every way we could. If we had maybe Putin would not have gained so much power and we may have gained a powerful ally. Now he is a virtual dictator and his strongman style is appealing to a country struggling to create a national identity for itself in the world after their great fall. I sometimes wonder if there was too much vested interest in keeping the cold war alive. Without a Soviet boogey man a lot of people may have lost their reason for existing... [/QUOTE]
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