Cold War, again.....
It looks as though Russian - American ties continue to fall as the US imposed sanctions on seven defense companies including two Russian, Rosoboronexport and the state-owned warplane maker Sukhoi. Analyts say this could also lead to retaliation against American companies attempting to do business in Russia with Russian media calling it a declaration of an economic war. Many also believe this may have been in response to Russia's ties with Venezuela, whose leader Hugo Chavez is an outspoken critic of the United States.
Whatever the reason for the sanctions, ties between the two former enemies are continuing to sour, their have been recent exchange of words between Cheney, Bush and Putin as was noted during the G-8 meeting press conference when Bush and Putin exchanged comments on democracy and Iraq. View Video:
Poorer relations do not help either nations as more cooperation is needed to fight nuclear proliferation and resolve the issues with Iran and North Korea. While the Bush administration has been supporting democratic leaders in former Soviet states, to the dismay of Russia, the Kremlin has been supplying arms to US enemies such as Venezuela and Iran. During the Cold War many proxy wars were fought been the US and Russia, such as India-Pakistan, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Relations so far have not soured that bad as both nations have agreed to fight against Islamic terrorists who have become serious threats to both nations citizens. Russia has been in a fight in Chechnya for years while the US is bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both leaders need to work together since in the future we will need more allies in this fight to stop terrorism, it will not be won if our focus goes back to building more arms against each other. Both Russia and China have been increasing military spending while our defense budget is already nearing the half trillion mark not including our current war expenses. Major nations need to cooperate and fight against the current threat of extremism, another arms race will only lead to more proxy disputes and out of control defense spending.
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It looks as though Russian - American ties continue to fall as the US imposed sanctions on seven defense companies including two Russian, Rosoboronexport and the state-owned warplane maker Sukhoi. Analyts say this could also lead to retaliation against American companies attempting to do business in Russia with Russian media calling it a declaration of an economic war. Many also believe this may have been in response to Russia's ties with Venezuela, whose leader Hugo Chavez is an outspoken critic of the United States.
Whatever the reason for the sanctions, ties between the two former enemies are continuing to sour, their have been recent exchange of words between Cheney, Bush and Putin as was noted during the G-8 meeting press conference when Bush and Putin exchanged comments on democracy and Iraq. View Video:
Poorer relations do not help either nations as more cooperation is needed to fight nuclear proliferation and resolve the issues with Iran and North Korea. While the Bush administration has been supporting democratic leaders in former Soviet states, to the dismay of Russia, the Kremlin has been supplying arms to US enemies such as Venezuela and Iran. During the Cold War many proxy wars were fought been the US and Russia, such as India-Pakistan, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Relations so far have not soured that bad as both nations have agreed to fight against Islamic terrorists who have become serious threats to both nations citizens. Russia has been in a fight in Chechnya for years while the US is bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both leaders need to work together since in the future we will need more allies in this fight to stop terrorism, it will not be won if our focus goes back to building more arms against each other. Both Russia and China have been increasing military spending while our defense budget is already nearing the half trillion mark not including our current war expenses. Major nations need to cooperate and fight against the current threat of extremism, another arms race will only lead to more proxy disputes and out of control defense spending.
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Whatever the reason for the sanctions, ties between the two former enemies are continuing to sour, their have been recent exchange of words between Cheney, Bush and Putin as was noted during the G-8 meeting press conference when Bush and Putin exchanged comments on democracy and Iraq. View Video:
Poorer relations do not help either nations as more cooperation is needed to fight nuclear proliferation and resolve the issues with Iran and North Korea. While the Bush administration has been supporting democratic leaders in former Soviet states, to the dismay of Russia, the Kremlin has been supplying arms to US enemies such as Venezuela and Iran. During the Cold War many proxy wars were fought been the US and Russia, such as India-Pakistan, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Relations so far have not soured that bad as both nations have agreed to fight against Islamic terrorists who have become serious threats to both nations citizens. Russia has been in a fight in Chechnya for years while the US is bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both leaders need to work together since in the future we will need more allies in this fight to stop terrorism, it will not be won if our focus goes back to building more arms against each other. Both Russia and China have been increasing military spending while our defense budget is already nearing the half trillion mark not including our current war expenses. Major nations need to cooperate and fight against the current threat of extremism, another arms race will only lead to more proxy disputes and out of control defense spending.
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posted by Amar Shah at 3:00 PM
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