In case you hadn't noticed, Russia is now suddenly at war with Ukraine. Putin apparently sat back and waited to make his move until Obama necessarily became consumed with the ISIS-related mess he had created in the Middle East.
How does one characterize Obama's foreign policy? Clueless? Incompetent? Feckless? Deliberately stacked against the United States' best interests? Incoherent? All of the above?
Some of us recall how it was Obama's state department and the European Union (EU) that helped sow the seeds for the violent Maidan insurrection and coup in Ukraine last winter. The neo-Nazi's in Ukraine were placed in a position of power, and have been fighting the ethnic Russian rebels in the eastern part of the country. Our efforts there-- and that of the EU-- caused Russia to mobilize in opposition. We had no genuine national interest in Ukraine.
One little known result of Obama's foreign policy is that Russia has been thrown back into the embrace of the Chinese after nearly a half-century of estrangement. They recently participated in some joint drills:
China and Russia have set aside their former Cold War rivalry and competition for regional influence to challenge the global order dominated by the United States and its allies in the West.
Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea and support for insurgents in eastern Ukraine are seen as drawing Moscow and Beijing closer, providing Russia with diplomatic cover and China with stronger leverage to acquire Russian natural resources.
We now have a new cold war with Russia.
And yet, we also learn about a striking development within the UN Human Rights Council. Russia led efforts to pass a resolution that the "family is the natural and fundamental unit of society"; and the "natural environment" for the education and development of children.
Which nations favored Russia's resolution? India, China, and some sub-Saharan African and Islamic nations.
Which nations opposed it? The United States and European nations, of course.
Here we had the Godless, multicultural, transnational Eurosocialist nations (including the U.S.) all joining in opposition to Russia's attempt to define the family correctly. The NATO alliance is not what it used to be.
The Russian people, today backing Putin by 80 percent, seem happier with their government than we Americans do with ours.
He is right. And I don't think the United States is in a position to do much in opposition to Russia's aggressive move into Ukraine. Perhaps that is for the best.
Radical Islam and its terrorist organizations continue to be the biggest national security threat to the United States-- until and unless Russia demonstrates otherwise.
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