US - Russia Relations

[Super Nova]

The relationship or lack there of is a real concern, to me. I read that Russia is preparing for war. This doesn't fill me with hope for the future.

Russia threatens US with 'asymmetrical' and 'painful' retaliation if tougher sanctions imposed

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow may take "asymmetrical" and "painful" measures if the US makes good on its talk of imposing tougher sanctions on Russia, Radio Free Europe reports.

Sanctions, which the European Union vowed to impose on Monday and the US backs, would be tied to Russia's actions in Syria, where numerous and credible reports have tied Moscow to war crimes in its efforts to reinforce Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime during the six-year-long Syrian conflict.

Ryabkov made these statements to Russia's State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, which just today unanimously approved Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to unilaterally drop out of a nuclear disarmament agreement with the US.

It's unclear what "asymmetrical" actions Russia could take to cause "pain" to the US, but the Department of Homeland Security formally accused Russian state actors of hacking the DNC and top staffers of Hillary Clinton to "interfere with the US election process."
Additionally, Russia has established dominance on the battlefield in Syria, unilaterally implementing a brief ceasefire on Wednesday and then ending it without input from the international community.

Of the brief pause in bombing, Mark Kramer, program director of the Project on Cold War Studies at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, told Business Insider, "I wish this step could be seen as a humanitarian gesture, but that seems implausible."
Instead, Kramer said that the proposal is likely a "cynical step" designed to keep EU foreign ministers from agreeing on new sanctions against Russia in connection with its "merciless bombardment" of Aleppo.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/rus ... spartanntp

[Neferti]

I thought that the Yanks already had several "wars" going on so that their "Military" were employed?

It has always amazed me why Mothers of Military personnel who die when on duty, can't come to grips that their sons/daughters getting a job in the Military means that they will go "overseas" to get shot? Their kids joined the Military ... a great JOB. What did the parents think kids do?

[AnaTom]

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its a false flag article.

Get ready for a bign telling how the bad Russkis stepped over the line, and ....

[AiA in Atlanta]

The USA is fighting 5 wars right now ...

[Super Nova]

With Trump and Putin forming a new relationship we can make some predictions.

1. Putin will get the better of Trump
2. Putin will take over the Syrian problem (he already has) and the US will stand by
3. Then they will carve up the world to go after the terrorists

Maybe not all bad.