Michael Totten says to brace yourself.
It’s too bad that Congress doesn’t take human spaceflight seriously, so we remain dependent on them.
13 thoughts on “A New Cold War With Russia”
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Michael Totten says to brace yourself.
It’s too bad that Congress doesn’t take human spaceflight seriously, so we remain dependent on them.
Comments are closed.
Dragon V1 is already flying. If we really needed to get to space that would be good enough, even without the rocket escape system of V2.
We’ve never stopped being in a cold war with Russia.
The anti-Trump media also never understood Trump’s position on Putin. Putin is rational even if we disagree with his motives. We will have to push back but that doesn’t mean we can’t also work together on some issues. To acknowledge that Putin is a strong leader held in high regard by many Russians doesn’t mean have a love affair with him.
Trump’s America first position should move us away from reliance on Russian space capability.
To acknowledge that Putin is a strong leader held in high regard by many Russians doesn’t mean have a love affair with him.
Ya, the fake newsery over those statements is out of control.
Here’s my take on it:
Both Trump and Putin are nationalists. Any sort of alliance between the US and Russia would be an enormous hindrance to the Soros and Davos globalists. Therefore, it is imperative that wedges must be driven between us, even up to the point of war, which would destroy both countries and eliminate the last barriers to World Government.
Also: Both the US and Russia currently have a majority white population. It seems to be a tenet of the globalists that Western nations must accept unlimited Third World immigration to the point that whites become a hated and despised minority in every country on Earth. Why? I don’t know. But it doesn’t take much imagination to guess what will happen after that.
Bingo. Trump, Putin, LePen, Farage, Wilders and others risk creating a global confederation of nationalists to oppose the globalists. And that cannot be allowed to happen. Hence we must have war with Russia.
The only real possible realm of cooperation is in fighting ISIS and similar groups, so it does make sense that the global socialists want to prevent that from happening.
“There isn’t a damn thing anybody in Washington can say or do to convince him to dump that project and align himself as a junior partner with the European Union and NATO, not when he’s the undisputed one-man boss of an entire continent-spanning alternative.”
Actually Russia tried joining the EU at one point. But the existing powers that be balked at it fearing that Russia would dominate over them because they have a higher population and potentially a larger economy than any of them. Heck they didn’t let Turkey in and they’re a member of NATO.
As for the new cold war with Russia it’s inevitable in the long term that relations would frost over. Russia is still interested in retaining control over parts of its former empire (not surprising at all). Still there’s little overlap between that empire and actual US interests (not imaginary US interests like world hegemony or whatever). As for Trump, together with increasing the budget for the military and sending US Marines into Syria, it’s quite quite clear he isn’t interested in fulfilling his electoral promise of disengaging from pointless foreign wars and some people even think his advisors are planning a war with Iran or North Korea.
I certainly hope the CIA stops funding all these colored revolutions in the Arab world and the former Soviet client states, they’ve done more to crumble world peace, and increase the motives for Russian intervention and rise to power than the Russians themselves. I also think an invasion of Iran is particularly pointless. An invasion of North Korea had better chances a decade ago but it might still be feasible. What’s actually happening in Asia though is a policy of containment, such like what happened in the Cold War with Russia.
As for Trump, together with increasing the budget for the military and sending US Marines into Syria, it’s quite quite clear he isn’t interested in fulfilling his electoral promise of disengaging from pointless foreign wars and some people even think his advisors are planning a war with Iran or North Korea.
Trump made two contradictory promises. One was to not get into any more wars like Iraq but the other was to wipe out ISIS.
When it comes to Iran and NK, they are actors with their own motivations. Trump can’t control what they do and some of their actions could very well lead to war with us. But Trump’s main goal is to rebuild our military, not start wars.
It is prudent to accelerate the demise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. We already had troops in Syria and giving them more tools to win is what should be done if our troops are going to be there at all. With Raqqa and Mosul close to defeat, ISIS will be much weaker and our military involvement in Iraq and Syria can change.
Post ISIS in Syria, how will things shake out? ISIS is just one problem. The Kurds want a homeland. Assad is still going to be at war with his populace, so we might set up safe zones someplace. Turkey is a bit of a wildcard in all of this. Iran will also still have many tens of thousands of militia troops in Iraq. Iran has also been using Syria as a training ground for Hezbollah. When Syria winds down, that means Israel will be under threat again.
Defeating ISIS in Iraq and Syria will be great but it will leave a dangerous environment for us and our allies in the region.
ISIS and other jihadi groups will still be a global threat as they gain footholds in other countries. And the support these groups get from the global Muslim community will also still need to be dealt with.
Reduce dependence on oil from the Middle East and stop importing terrorists to the West, and we won’t really have to worry what happens to ISIS.
The real threat to the West is not ISIS, but Western governments.
I agree except that we will not be able to shut down immigration and the immigration is driven in large part by ISIS and similar groups. Eliminating ISIS in Iraq and Syria is certainly something we should do, and are doing, but after that we need to prevent the same thing from happening in other countries.
I don’t know the best way to do it. It would be nice though if we actually tried exporting our culture. Jihad and Islamofascism are ideologies and they need to be countered with competing ideologies. That we have 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants joining jihad shows the ideological competition needs work. The past two Presidents have been unwilling to do this. Bombs and grunts are great but it will take more in the long term.
For the most part true. But don’t forget that siding with Israel always puts you behind the Wahabist 8 ball.
Unless you totally disengage from the region you will get sucked in.
Furthermore, Let’s say we totally disengaged form the middle east and let Israel fend for itself. Do you want zero influence over whether or not countries get nukes, for example?
Isolationism has many good features, but one is not always allowed to remain isolated.
“As for the new cold war with Russia it’s inevitable in the long term that relations would frost over. Russia is still interested in retaining control over parts of its former empire (not surprising at all). Still there’s little overlap between that empire and actual US interests (not imaginary US interests like world hegemony or whatever). ”
You have some good points but I would also point out that Putin is a pure thug who will get away with what he can. Note the killings of his own people who oppose him.
The situation is a little different than it was during the 1949-1980’s period. For one thing, Euros could, if pushed to the wall, attempt to defend themselves. They are not the bombed out ruin they were in 1945.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Germany had the tech and stockpiles to build a few nukes rapidly if it had to, for example.
The German economy is substantial and significant.
“I agree except that we will not be able to shut down immigration”
Why not? America has had long periods of little to no immigration. And that’s going to come again. In the future, it will be far too dangerous to let people come into your country when they can create a targeted virus in their hotel room and kill millions.
Walls will go up everywhere over the next 20-30 years. It’s the normal state of humanity, and nothing has changed that.