To: C19fan
[Why interests does the US have in the Black Sea?]
That same interests that we have in the Western Pacific - the defense of our allies against encroachment by a massive foreign power. Russia is already 2x the size of the next largest country on Earth. Do we want it to be 3x, 4x or 5x before we start trying to prevent it from getting any bigger? Germany had a case for lebensraum - it was 1/35 the land area of present-day Russia before it decided to conquer the world. That Russia, at almost 2x the land area of the next largest country (Canada), wants more land is an indication that its land hunger is limitless.
39 posted on
12/06/2018 6:08:31 PM PST by
Zhang Fei
(They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
To: Zhang Fei
“- the defense of our allies against encroachment by a massive foreign power.”
And you said that without the slightest sense of irony.
45 posted on
12/06/2018 6:32:34 PM PST by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Zhang Fei
>Russia is already 2x the size of the next largest country on Earth. Do we want it to be 3x, 4x or 5x before we start trying to prevent it from getting any bigger?
That’s some of the craziest argument I’ve ever seen, in 20 years on FR.
Do you actually believe that argument, or do you just think so little of others that you think they might buy it as persuasive? I’m really quite baffled as to what the angle is, here.
58 posted on
12/06/2018 11:28:33 PM PST by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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