http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/12/09/washingtons-frozen-war-against-russia/
"For over a year, the United States has played out a scenario designed to
(1) reassert U.S. control over Europe by blocking E.U. trade with Russia,
(2) bankrupt Russia, and
(3) get rid of Vladimir Putin and replace him with an American puppet, like the late drunk, Boris Yeltsin...

.... The long rivalry with the Soviet Union was "Cold" because of MAD, Mutual Assured Destruction. Both Washington and Moscow were perfectly aware that "Hot" war meant nuclear exchanges that would destroy everybody.

This time around, the United States thinks it already "won" the Cold War and seems to be drunk with self-confidence that it can win again. It is upgrading its nuclear weapons force and building a "nuclear shield" on Russia's border whose only purpose can be to give the United States a first strike capacity – the ability to knock out any Russian retaliation against a U.S. nuclear attack. This cannot work, but it weakens deterrence.

The danger of outright war between the two nuclear powers is actually much greater than during the Cold War. We are now in a sort of Frozen War, because nothing the Russians say or do can have any effect. The neocons who manufacture U.S. policy behind the scenes have invented a totally fictional story about Russian "aggression" which the President of the United States, the mass media and now the Congress have accepted and endorsed. Russian leaders have responded with honesty, truth and common sense, remaining calm despite the invective thrown at them. It has done no good whatsoever. The positions are frozen. When reason fails, force follows. Sooner or later. "

You give our Marxist in chief way to much credit, he and Putin share an ideology in that American Capitalism is evil and must be crushed.
And no, I'm serious, Obola is the enemy of the US, by far 10 times more a threat than Putin is. Most of us appreciate Putin's leadership style, though we may not agree with his ideology, at least he has Russia's best interest at heart. Quite the opposite of Obozo.

Quote from: Solar on December 13, 2014, 01:44:11 PM
You give our Marxist in chief way to much credit, he and Putin share an ideology in that American Capitalism is evil and must be crushed.
And no, I'm serious, Obola is the enemy of the US, by far 10 times more a threat than Putin is. Most of us appreciate Putin's leadership style, though we may not agree with his ideology, at least he has Russia's best interest at heart. Quite the opposite of Obozo.

lol, yes, and how the hell can there be a cold war between 2 communist numbnuts ?

And yes, gulash, the US actually did win the cold war.  Did you not notice the decade or two of there not being a functioning country, where your old commie trash heap had been  ?

Quote from: kalash on December 13, 2014, 01:38:42 PM
The danger of outright war between the two nuclear powers is actually much greater than during the Cold War. We are now in a sort of Frozen War, because nothing the Russians say or do can have any effect. The neocons who manufacture U.S. policy behind the scenes have invented a totally fictional story about Russian "aggression" which the President of the United States, the mass media and now the Congress have accepted and endorsed. Russian leaders have responded with honesty, truth and common sense, remaining calm despite the invective thrown at them. It has done no good whatsoever. The positions are frozen. When reason fails, force follows. Sooner or later. "

Nah... you're overreacting. 

Though ironically, any war would take place above 66º, 30'N latitude... the Arctic Circle.

Since yesterday was the Russian Federation Constitution Day celebration, you may be writing from an exhilarated sense of patriotic zeal.  Here's what Putin said at last year's anniversary:  "Our people made a historical choice in favour of the Constitution at the referendum on December 12, 1993. Russia got a directly effective document that allowed us to avoid the tragedy of the dissolution of our state, helped stop the devastating spread of civil confrontation, and prevented the nation from once again descending down the path of settling political accounts, as had already happened several times in our history."

So he's admitting to (USSR) State-sponsored aggression without actually using the word.