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U.S. presidents are powerless to stop the Russians
The fact is that Obama, like numerous presidents before him, won’t — and really, can’t — do much to stop Putin from acting in what he sees as his own backyard. The Soviet Union, and now Russia, has a long history of using brute force when it feels the need — and the United States has usually allowed it to happen.
In October 1956, Dwight Eisenhower ignored the pleas of Hungarian freedom fighters who were rebelling against Soviet rule. Ike, who had fanned the flames by saying he supported the “liberation” of “captive peoples” in Eastern Europe, did nothing when the chips were down, fearing a nuclear exchange with Moscow. Soviet tanks rolled.
A dozen years later, a similar revolt erupted in Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakia. The rebellion, dubbed the “Prague Spring,” prompted a Moscow-led invasion. Lyndon Johnson’s response? A stiff statement condemning the move as a clear violation of the United Nations Charter.
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The Soviet Union, and now Russia, has a long history of using brute force when it feels the need — and the United States has usually allowed it to happen.
Look at the above statement and then think about …..Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Bosnia, Grenada, Vietnam, Korea etc. etc. etc. Not to mention wanting to play in Syria, Iran etc. Then tell me please just WHO uses brute force whenever they get the itch to.
You can rest assured that any war erupting in that region was scripted, and planned from waaaaay back as a way to implement whatever is necessary to implement their New World Order.
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