He is, at best, replacing the establishment swamp with his own swamp.
How is establishing better relations with a nuclear superpower that invades other sovereign countries with no consequences a good thing? Did appeasement ever stop Hitler?
The comparison is flimsy. Perhaps it applies somewhat to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, though I dispute that, considering those regions themselves have opposed being legally incorporated into Russia. Crimea is a whole other matter... Russia will probably pay greatly monetarily just for upkeep of the region (and my guess is they only care because of its strategic location, as does the US) but ultimately I don't see a problem with Crimean inhabitants exercising their rights to self-determination.
What the rubes don't understand is that money is just a point system. Creating money out of thin air does not cause inflation, as the central bank also regulates the demand for money (interest rates). Any time inflation gets too hot, they just raise the interest rates.... poof. The Fed rates are going up now because we are at virtually full employment and Trump is about to go on a deficit spending binge.
So, Russia should be able to just invade countries with no repercussions?
The USA does
To avoid escalation which could lead to a nuclear war, which would trigger the end of humanity. Wanna risk another Cuban Missile crisis in Syria? Second of all, the USA and Russia are actually more natural allies than China and Russia. Russia is now a Christian, capitalist nation, and Putin being good friends with Trump will only isolate China. It will move Moscow closer to Washington than Bejing, which is a good thing for the US, as China is the real enemy here.
We do so under false pretenses for resources, which is another topic. We no longer (in 2016) forcibly annex sovereign countries.
Why don't you just throw white in there? (since we know that's where you're going). We have little in common with goddamn Russia.
Number 1, I'm not white. And yes, I would say the US and Russia have more in common culturally than China and Russia.
It's cute to think Cold War ended.
China is the much bigger enemy at this point. If you're interested, read up about Jinping and the China dream. Funny, hours after I posted that, China seized one of our drones.
Why does the pretext matter if it is just an excuse? At the core, it is imperialistic foreign policy regardless of what you call it.
It matters because many of us including myself are against our own imperalistic foreign policy. Why would we want to be buddy buddy with our "equal" antagonist?
Not being antagonistic and being "buddy buddy" are not the same thing. It has been answered why.
