'Wendy Sherman thinks her aim in talks with Russian officials starting Monday is to lecture them on the cost of hubris. Instead she’s set to lead the U.S., NATO, and Europe down a path of ruin, warns Scott Ritter.' [Former US Marine Intelligence Major]
consortiumnews.com/2022/01/10/wha…
consortiumnews.com/2022/01/10/wha…
'It is as if both Biden and Blinken are deaf, dumb, & blind when it comes to reading Russia.
Ryabkov has alluded to a fact already made clear by the Russians—there will be no compromise when it comes to Russia’s legitimate national security interests.'
Ryabkov has alluded to a fact already made clear by the Russians—there will be no compromise when it comes to Russia’s legitimate national security interests.'
'And if the U.S. cannot understand how the accumulation of military power encompassed in a military alliance which views Russia as a singular, existential threat to its members’ security is seen by Russia as threatening'
', then there is no comprehension of how the events of June 22, 1941 have shaped the present -day Russian psyche, why Russia will never again allow such a situation to occur, and why the talks are doomed before they even begin.'
'As for the American threats, Russia has given its response—any effort to sanction Russia would result, as Putin told Biden last month, in a “complete rupture of relations” between Russia & those countries attempting sanctions.'
'One need not be a student of history to comprehend that the next logical step following a “complete rupture of relations” ...over matters pertaining to existential threats to the national security of one or both is not the peaceful resumption of relations, but war.'
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