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Of a rather long list of foreign policy issues requiring close attention, none seems more urgent than the United States' relation to Russia.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/letter-to-democrats-on-u_b_45075.html

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Observation of US military deployments since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Expansion of NATO into former Sattelite States has led me to conclude that part of the reason for the War in Iraq, and Afghanistan is to create a wall of US influence surrounding Russia.
American Moves on the Global Chess board seem to be carefully calculated to Isolate Russia, and keep it from effectively shipping Oil to the Far East.

The Soviet war in Afghanistan was in no small measure intended to provide a secure route for a natural gas and oil pipeline to Pakistan and the Indian Ocean. This route would cut almost 6 weeks off the travel time for Russian Petroleum products sent to China and Japan.

If the US succeeds in blocking Russian Oil from reaching the Far East, and controlling the flow of oil from the Middle East, we would have effective control of Chinese economic expansion.
"The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different." ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Ed,

The US has no reason to re-start the Cold War with Russia. We have too much too do now. If Putin goes on the road he's headed he will end up as a tyrant. China lays claim to a third of Asian Russia, at least. Its not just Taiwan they want.
RIGHT...SO WHAT THE DEVIL IS BUSH DOING? If you don't believe that an arms race is underway, you've been sleeping.
Bush, by invading Iraq has created Tensions with the two other great powers, Russia and China. We may be the super power, but we are not the ONLY power.

The reason it is credible to believe Iran is trying to develop Nuclear Weapons is WE THREATENED THEM. The Reason North Korea HAS developed Nuclear Weapons. WE THREATENED THEM.

The reason that Venezuela has started a Military build up. WE THREATENED THEM.

You are right. The people of the United States have Nothing to gain by rekindling the Cold War. But Bush and Company SURE AS THE DEVIL LIKES FIRE DO.

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