Mira Mesa, CA
\nFebruary 23, 2017<\/p>\n
by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n
The demonization of President Putin and Russia continues unabated: The unending stream of criticism and charges of Russian aggression may soon At that moment, we may very well pass the tipping point from verbal abuse and When a cold war goes hot—especially in the era of nuclear weapons—everyone President Trump’s impressive campaign rhetoric of getting along with Putin and With the sore-loser Democrats perpetuating the chorus of charges of election Thank God for Putin and his very capable Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who have How much longer will they be able to forego an actual confrontation with their As someone with the opportunity to visit Russia this Spring on a mission of citizen With anti-Russian propaganda reaching a new high, I see little room for being a useful I pray cooler heads and more loving words can quickly replace what we are seeing today.
\nhttp:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-02-23\/why-everything-being-blamed-putin<\/a><\/p>\n
\nreach the point where “push comes to shove!”<\/p>\n
\naccusations of interference in our political affairs to overt war where bullets and
\nbombs replace nasty words.<\/p>\n
\nis at risk of losing. http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/46525.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthe Russians has given way to a starker reality of troop movements in Europe,
\nthreats to end a nuclear weapons reduction treaty, potential boots on the ground
\nin Syria with “safe zones” and ridiculous negotiating terms regarding Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\ninterference while McCain and Graham articulate the need “to kick Russia’s ass”
\nthe level of insanity passing for foreign policy in Washington has reached a new low.
\nhttp:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/46520.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\nsomehow patiently withstood every provocation with mastery and diplomatic skill.<\/p>\n
\nerstwhile “American partners” remains to be seen as efforts to escalate tensions
\nkeep coming from the disgruntled denizens in DC!<\/p>\n
\ndiplomacy, I am having great difficulty seriously entertaining that trip in light of the
\nvery dim prospect for improved relations currently extant between our two nations.<\/p>\n
\nchange agent even with the best of intentions and warmest wishes for my potential hosts.<\/p>\n
\nOtherwise, we will significantly enhance the likelihood that our grandchildren are doomed
\nto a grim future: http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/46516.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}