RFK, Jr’s insights and delusions on foreign policy

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RFK, Jr’s insights and delusions on foreign policy
By K. Turkalo

Did you hear Robert F Kennedy, Jr’s recent foreign policy speech?  It is embedded at the end of this essay, a 30-minute video. It was a very hopeful speech in the old-time peacenik way.  He frequently invokes his president uncle, which is both useful and perhaps overdone.  As a candidate, he ought to incorporate ideas into his own policy recommendations.  But I’m not here to give him political advice.  Apparently, he wants to bring back the 1960s Democrat coalition.

Starting with an anecdote about the Kennedy White House, and JFKs recognition of the dangers of nuclear fallout and what JFK did to try to minimize global damage (make a treaty before he told the State Department), he transitioned to a plea to understand the context of Russia’s current concerns regarding the West’s promise not to push NATO east.  Fair enough, but he neglects to say that the war Russia started was begun only after America’s leadership went completely insane. 

Nevertheless, he says that "... we would never tolerate..." Russia surrounding us as NATO has surrounded Russia.  That's probably true, but why are we tolerating China surrounding us by moving into Cuba, Central and South America, not to mention Canada, even setting up police stations in American cities and indoctrination “institutes" in our universities?  He doesn’t mention this either.

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[Maj. Bill Martin]

we would never tolerate..." Russia surrounding us as NATO has surrounded Russia.

Clearly, neither RFK Jr. nor the author has ever looked at a map.  The idea that Russia was surrounded by NATO is ludicrous.

To Russia's east is the Pacific Ocean and China.  No NATO.

To the North is the ocean, and Finland that was not a NATO member nor had any interest in becoming one until this war.  So No NATO there.

On the southern border were a bunch of former Soviet Republics.  No NATO.

The only place NATO bordered Russia was on its western border, which makes "surrounding" Russia rather difficult.

Truth is that Russia is a much, much greater threat to it's smaller western neighbors than they were to Russia.

[Cyber Liberty]

RFK Jr. is a far leftist saying thing he knows are popular.  I would never consider voting for this con man.

[Kamaji]

Clearly, neither RFK Jr. nor the author has ever looked at a map.  The idea that Russia was surrounded by NATO is ludicrous.

To Russia's east is the Pacific Ocean and China.  No NATO.

To the North is the ocean, and Finland that was not a NATO member nor had any interest in becoming one until this war.  So No NATO there.

On the southern border were a bunch of former Soviet Republics.  No NATO.

The only place NATO bordered Russia was on its western border, which makes "surrounding" Russia rather difficult.

Truth is that Russia is a much, much greater threat to it's smaller western neighbors than they were to Russia.

[PeteS in CA]

Clearly, neither RFK Jr. nor the author has ever looked at a map.  The idea that Russia was surrounded by NATO is ludicrous.

To Russia's east is the Pacific Ocean and China.  No NATO.

To the North is the ocean, and Finland that was not a NATO member nor had any interest in becoming one until this war.  So No NATO there.

On the southern border were a bunch of former Soviet Republics.  No NATO.

The only place NATO bordered Russia was on its western border, which makes "surrounding" Russia rather difficult.

Truth is that Russia is a much, much greater threat to it's smaller western neighbors than they were to Russia.

RFK Jr. has a tenuous and occasionally hostile relationship with facts.