While most of the focus of H.R. McMaster’s comments on ABC’s “This Week” focused on escalation in North Korea and Syria, he also found time to play up rising tensions with Russia, declaring it to be time for the US to “have tough discussions” with Russia.
While McMaster made this at least somewhat related to Syria, complaining that it’s unacceptable for Russia to support “that kind of horrible regime” and to participate in “that kind of conflict,” he also made Russia’s “subversive actions in Europe” a major issue as well.
Exactly what those subversive actions are was never clarified, though the US has joined Western European nations in accusing Russia of interfering in several European elections that haven’t taken place yet, claims based entirely on the fact that parties that aren’t convenient to the current leadership of Western Europe’s major powers are polling well.
This has generally meant improved fortunes for Euroskeptic parties in the wake of the Brexit, and while this is explained by growing disagreements over EU policy in several nations, the current leadership can’t fathom that such skepticism could be sincere, and has blamed Russia for it.
We need more tough talk with Russia because the Trump↔Putin connections just won’t go away.
Relations with Russia are at an all-time low, doncha know?
Mercans been fleeced.
Rut roh. Danger, Will Robinson! You have left the MSM and ventured into the danger zone. Welcome to the alt-right. Feel free to browse around for stories you’ll never see in the failing NY Times.
My secret shame exposed.
Not falling for it. Both MSM and alt-right are eating the party line about Russia right now.
I sure hope the sheet hits the fan soon.
Ethics are extinct in the WH and the repub establishment doesn’t give an eff.
Eff them.
Even The Onion has checked in…
http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-confident-us-military-strike-syria-wiped-out-55722
haha, yep.
But there are real people getting killed.
Worst president in US history. How can his base still blindly follow?
Get him outta there.
Stick to whatever it is that you do Herby, and leave foreign policy to others.
So I guess if America withdraws from all its bases around the world and tells it’s military to just go home all the killing and wars will just magically cease.The jihadist will stop recruiting and killing Russia will stop gobbling up it’s neighbors territories and North Korea’s dictator will stop building nukes to hit South Korea.Stupid people with stupid views America ‘s military bad everyone else’s good…No bias in what you’re saying I’m sure
“…Russia will stop gobbling up it’s neighbors territories..”
Just because Khrushchev gave Crimea to Ukraine, doesn’t mean it belongs to Ukraine. He had never asked Crimeans if they wanted to be Ukrainian citizens.
Just because Stalin gave Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Georgia, doesn’t mean they are belong to Georgia. He had never asked Abkhazians and Ossets if they want to be ruled by Georgia.
Sure they do because R.T.reported that’s what they wanted so it must be true.And I guess u believe Putin when he says all that state of the art Russian military equipment that you have to be trained to use was bought on the black market.And I guess you believe North Korea’s dictator was born on a magical mystical mountain.What a dumb ass and I need a history lesson hmmm what to believe some Anti American idiot or my lying eyes…
The truth hurts?
I don’t need RT to tell me what to think on this particular issue. I was born in Russia. I spent some time in Crimea and Abkhazia. Should I believe locals and my own observations or neocons on FauxNews?
If Russia doesn’t align itself with Muslim’s that murder people why is it supporting a psycho in Chechnya that’s a ruthless killer who is also a Muslim.???
Well in the case of South Ossetia and Crimea you best believe the anti American idiot if you wish to know the truth . How ever I bet you are right about all the new Russian military equipment not being purchased on the black market. I would be willing to bet you would be a lot better off reading RT than any U.S . independent news service if you wish to keep your facts straight .
How you got all that from my reply I don’t know. I don’t know what bias has to do with anything. I have my views, you have yours.
I don’t know what would happen. But it’s worth a try because what the US has been doing in the last years clearly is not working for anyone, except for the weapons industry. I doubt wars would magically cease because when you destroy functioning countries and leave a huge mess behind, it will be a while for things to get better.
Your deep concern for South Korea is heartwarming. Whether NK will actually hit SK is a different matter, what would he gain from nuking SK? And would the US nuking or invading NK be somehow a solution?
No one is saying the holy US military is bad and everyone else good. The issue is what is the military used for. And many of us believe that these ridiculous illegal wars of aggression and regime change are of no benefit to US taxpayers, let alone to the destroyed nations.
This notion that the US has to be involved in every gunfight around the globe makes no sense. The purpose of a military is defense first and foremost. Nothing that has been done recently has anything to do with it.
Russia doe not gobble up its neighbors territory but some of not so nice neighbors have been expelling a lot of Russian citizens since they turned Nazi or NATO not much difference anyway
Russia exists therefore it is subversive… foreign policy by diplomacy school dropouts is at least simple to understand.
While McMaster made this at least somewhat related to Syria, complaining that it’s unacceptable for Russia to support “that kind of horrible regime”
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Yea but we can support the Saudi regime with their war in Yemen, the military dictatorship in Egypt with their crushing of dissent, and now an authoritarian dictatorship in Turkey which is a NATO ally? I guess being an autoritarian dictatorship is not a disqualifying factor?
Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth. McMaster really scares me. However, talks with Russia is a great idea unless it’s the US dictating terms of how it’s gonna be, our way or the highway, which is what it sounds to me he has in mind
Here we go again. When voters chose the “wrong” side, clearly that can only mean that a permanent enemy is committing acts of war. But this isn’t really about dedication to re-kindling the cold war. This is about a lack of commitment to democracy. And a determination in the US that Europe is OURS, our allies who must side with the US in our various aggressive actions around the world.
What are those “subversive actions”? After leaving North Korea case,tail between legs, the USA suggest they can bully Russia? How long will this Russian patience last?
If it’s “unacceptable for Russia to support that kind of horrible regime” how is it acceptable of the US to support jihadis who chop off people’s heads, rape women and burn women alive? And why isn’t anyone asking that question?
Russia may think it is unacceptable for the United States to align themselves with extremist jihadists to try to take control of the world for the NWO
It all depends on whose propaganda who wish to believe ? If you believe the United States and the Muslim extremists . That Assad used Sarin gas on his own people Or if you believe Russia and Assad that this was just another false flag attack like the United States used over and over again to bomb the wrong side in numerous past situations . Is your choice .
Tough Talks = Ultimatum after Ultimatum.