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"I like Putin, he likes me." Donald Trump said this about Russian leader Vladimir Putin as recently as September 21, 2020. Trump has been saying similar things ever since he declared his candidacy.
This affinity for an authoritarian leader isn't just a vague attitude. The US Treasury has called pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Adrii Derkach a "Russian agent." Derkach has close ties to Rudy Guiliani, who is Donald Trump's personal lawyer.
It's not as if peace with Russia is assured. We could be at war with Russia at almost any time. For instance, on October 19, 2020, Stars and Stripes ran the headline:
US jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaskan coast for 14th time this year
The Russian bombers in the headline were a convoy of five planes. It may be that incidents like this don't make much of an impression on the public because we don't think of Alaska as a war zone. Aerial confrontations have also happened in Europe and in the Middle East. Two Russian fighters intercepted an American B-52 over the Black Sea. The Pentagon accused Russia of an " 'unsafe and unprofessional' interception."
As a website called The War Zone reported, in 2017:
Russian Su-25 Almost Hits US F-22 During Intercept Over Syria, But Is There More Going On?
The War Zone says that these abrasive encounters over Iraq and Syria have lasted as long as forty minutes and says, "these incidents are becoming increasingly common."
To sum up, while this situation could drag on for years, we could also find ourselves embroiled in a war. The next war could start by accident, if one of these aerial encounters goes haywire, or it could start by design. Putin's Russia is doing these things for a purpose.
Conclusion: I can't ask the young Americans who will serve in the military during this war to fight Russia under a President who thinks Vladimir Putin and the system he represents is terrific.
Links
Trump says he likes Putin. US intelligence says Russia is attacking American democracy. - CNNPolitics
46398_63183117.jpg - Air Force - Stripes
Russian Su-25 Almost Hits US F-22 During Intercept Over Syria, But Is There More Going On?
This affinity for an authoritarian leader isn't just a vague attitude. The US Treasury has called pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Adrii Derkach a "Russian agent." Derkach has close ties to Rudy Guiliani, who is Donald Trump's personal lawyer.
It's not as if peace with Russia is assured. We could be at war with Russia at almost any time. For instance, on October 19, 2020, Stars and Stripes ran the headline:
US jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaskan coast for 14th time this year
The Russian bombers in the headline were a convoy of five planes. It may be that incidents like this don't make much of an impression on the public because we don't think of Alaska as a war zone. Aerial confrontations have also happened in Europe and in the Middle East. Two Russian fighters intercepted an American B-52 over the Black Sea. The Pentagon accused Russia of an " 'unsafe and unprofessional' interception."
As a website called The War Zone reported, in 2017:
Russian Su-25 Almost Hits US F-22 During Intercept Over Syria, But Is There More Going On?
The War Zone says that these abrasive encounters over Iraq and Syria have lasted as long as forty minutes and says, "these incidents are becoming increasingly common."
To sum up, while this situation could drag on for years, we could also find ourselves embroiled in a war. The next war could start by accident, if one of these aerial encounters goes haywire, or it could start by design. Putin's Russia is doing these things for a purpose.
Conclusion: I can't ask the young Americans who will serve in the military during this war to fight Russia under a President who thinks Vladimir Putin and the system he represents is terrific.
Links
Trump says he likes Putin. US intelligence says Russia is attacking American democracy. - CNNPolitics
46398_63183117.jpg - Air Force - Stripes
Russian Su-25 Almost Hits US F-22 During Intercept Over Syria, But Is There More Going On?