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AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:13 AM Feb 2016

We can't afford to have a neocon / war hawk in the White House

We are dealing with some highly sensitive issues with Russia and the Syrian war. We need someone that has the judgement and level of care needed to avert a possible WWIII. We can't trust a neocon / war hawk to be in the White House.

Article states that Russia declares that a New Cold War has begun.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2795439/could-new-cold-war-with-russia-lead-to-world-war-iii-prime-minister-medvedev-declares-a-new-cold-war-with-the-west-has-started/#lCw1MSK10uLPcqkF.99

Russia has declared war on the West. A new Cold War. Twenty-five years after the first one ended, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference where he said that a new Cold War has begun.


Could this new Cold War become hot? An argument could be made that President Putin wants and is ready for an all-out war with the United States and Europe. Military experts in Europe have stated that the military exercises being performed by Russia are being used to train their soldiers for a full-scale war with NATO and by extension, the United States.

In regard to Syria, Putin has openly stated that military actions in Syria could lead to a war with the United States. The United States wants to remove President Assad from Syria, while Russia wants him to remain in place. An attempt by the United States to get rid of him could lead Russia to come to his aid militarily.

Putin has even threatened war with Saudi Arabia now that Saudi Arabia will be sending troops into Syria. A war with Saudi Arabia would destabilize the region even further, and lead to an even larger war in the region.
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We can't afford to have a neocon / war hawk in the White House (Original Post) AZ Progressive Feb 2016 OP
I never thought I'd see the day jfern Feb 2016 #1
bump AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #2
K&R amborin Feb 2016 #3
plus: "fixing the US is foreign policy: amborin Feb 2016 #4
Then don't vote for someone who's 100% disinterested in foreign policy uponit7771 Feb 2016 #5
Still better than someone that's trigger happy and has poor judgement AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #6

jfern

(5,204 posts)
1. I never thought I'd see the day
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:22 AM
Feb 2016

where the Republican frontrunner had a saner foreign policy than the Democratic frontrunner. Let's make Bernie the Democratic frontrunner, and change that.

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
6. Still better than someone that's trigger happy and has poor judgement
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 02:14 PM
Feb 2016

Was Obama heavily experienced in foreign policy? Bernie's a lot more knowledgeable on foreign policy than Obama was 8 years ago.

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