Originally Posted by rost495
Originally Posted by jorgeI
Even a cursory, sixth grade level course on Russian history will answer the question. I am however amazed (but not surprised there is a Putin hero-worship clique here)...

Ah. But what about the Cuba thing? How far off am I from that.

Its been YEARS since history classes so I may well have forgotten that.

And military folks may be so brainwashed to hate Russia period that the answer may be in between.

Of course a non answer is as good as many of the other guesses.

PRetty good, albeit not 100 equal analogy. We had (and promptly ignored) the Monroe Doctrine. The SALT Treaty precluded our us of short-med range nukes in Europe. The issue with the Russian paranoia (mostly justified) goes back over 600 years. They've always been obsessed with that buffer. I've said it previously, but it was a mistake to expand NATO. Hell, I can even make an argument it's outlived it;s usefulness as far as the US national interests go

Last edited by jorgeI; 03/03/22.
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