Joe Biden Seems Destined to Start a Crisis with Russia

[rangerrebew]

The Embassy
Joe Biden Seems Destined to Start a Crisis with Russia
Ted Galen Carpenter

By
Ted Galen Carpenter

Published
April 2, 2021
 

Washington’s relations with Moscow have been deteriorating for more than two decades. The decision by Bill Clinton’s administration to expand NATO, the most powerful military alliance in world history, eastward toward a weakened, demoralized Russia was a fateful, provocative step. George W. Bush’s attempt to bring Georgia and Ukraine into the Alliance deepened the suspicions of Russia’s leaders. The Obama administration’s meddling in Ukraine’s internal affairs to help demonstrators overthrow a democratically elected, the pro-Russia government pushed Moscow over the edge, leading Vladimir Putin to annex Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. When the United States and its NATO allies responded to the annexation by imposing an array of economic sanctions, a full-fledged new cold war was underway.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/04/joe-biden-seems-destined-to-start-a-crisis-with-russia/

[niobe527]

just wait until the VP is in...she'll probably blow it.

[Wingnut]

just wait until the VP is in...she'll probably blow it.

The one job she is only truly qualified to preform.

[skeeter]

just wait until the VP is in...she'll probably blow it.

and no one will be happier than Vlad.

[dfwgator]

The one job she is only truly qualified to preform.

She never loses her head....

[Wingnut]

She never loses her head....

It looks just like a Telefunken U-47......

[mountaineer]

Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
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Biden team not only reverses  decision to bring some US troops home from Germany but adds US troops in Germany.
Meanwhile, Germany continues to snub NATO spending commitment and continues with Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.
Germany First.
US taxpayers Last.

Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
NEW: 500 additional US troops will be stationed in Germany, marking a reversal of Trump’s draw down. Asked if it’s a signal to Russia for buildup of forces at Ukrainian border, @SecDef said it’s a message “that we support NATO in the fullest extent,” @iaindrogers reports.
7:13 AM · Apr 13, 2021

Reporters aren’t saying if the @SecDef even mentioned NATO defense spending commitments with @akk.
Germany is the largest economy in Europe, has a surplus, and still doesn’t meet its NATO obligations.
Americans should be furious about being taken advantage of....
8:52 AM · Apr 13, 2021


(@akk is German minister of defense)