So you REALLY think that the Clinton/Steele dossier caused the current war in Ukraine? I mean, seriously? Are you sure the Jewish space lasers weren't involved? And the gazpacho police?
And you wonder why no one takes you seriously.
Don't take my word for it. Here's a 2017 article by the liberal think tank Brookings and the LA Times. Apparently, they agree with me.
By the way, this is not a new concept I arrive at. Thirty years ago when the Soviet Union collapsed, I noted that NATO began expanding, pushing contempt into Russia's nose. I thought at the time, that this was foolhardy. Why are we poking the Russian bear? The Cold War is over. Communism lost. The Soviets collapsed. So Russian expansion is partly the result of Western pressures on it. Trump wanted to lower the temperature. But with the pressure on him to have to show he wasn't "colluding" with them, he acted more harshly against them rather than working out deals so they could feel more secure in the world. So the Ukraine War and their stronger relationship with China are the results. The Ukrainians are paying for our political intrigues due to the dossier and other American political strife.
ORDER FROM CHAOS
If Trump really wants to improve relations with Russia, he should persuade NATO to stop expanding
Michael E. O’Hanlon Friday, April 14, 2017
President Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin may turn out to be too close for comfort, but Trump’s instincts about U.S.-Russia ties are at least partly right. The U.S. simply can’t afford poor relations with the planet’s other nuclear superpower.
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Director of Research - Foreign Policy Co-Director - Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Africa Security Initiative Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair
Security in Syria depends on it, for one. The even bigger issue, however, is security in Europe, where tensions between Russia and NATO have been acute for three years.
Some analysts maintain that Putin cultivates an adversarial relationship with the outside world to strengthen his popularity at home and thus his hold on power, and also to provide him with an excuse to suppress dissent. This may be true, but he also appears to bear a genuine grudge against the United States for its post-Cold War assertiveness near Russian territory. For two decades, and especially over the last 10 years, Putin and many other Russian officials have complained that NATO’s eastward march threatens Russia’s security.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/04/14/if-trump-really-wants-to-improve-relations-with-russia-he-should-persuade-nato-to-stop-expanding/