Away from the conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is quietly seeking a foothold in Latin America, military officials warn.To the alarm of lawmakers and Pentagon officials, Putin has begun sending navy ships and long-range bombers to the region for the first time in years.
Russia’s defense minister says the country is planning bases in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, and just last week, Putin’s national security team met to discuss increasing military ties in the region.
“They’re on the march,” Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) said at a Senate hearing earlier this month. “They’re working the scenes where we can’t work. And they’re doing a pretty good job.”
"They're on the march." Jesus, what an idiot.
It will never fail to amaze me at the sense of entitlement so many Americans feel to be their birthright---that we should be held to some standard of behavior and conduct that's separate from any other nation because freedom, liberty and exceptionalism. But we really aren't exceptional, except perhaps at bossing other nations around and acting like privileged little assholes. For what it's worth, though, I doubt that "the Russians are coming" is going to resonate anywhere beyond the corridors of the D.C. foreign-policy establishment. After 13 years of war, I am guessing that the national mood is likely to be, "Wake us up when they start shooting at us."
---Baron V
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