Doesn't Putin Understand We are the Good Guys?

Doesn't Putin Understand We are the Good Guys? Robert R. Odle, Ph.D. an aspiring good citizen of the earth

… put yourself in China or Russia’s Shoes ....

This year Russia is building 40 modern intercontinental nuclear weapons to penetrate our missile defenses and deploying two state of the art early warning radar systems along its Western and Eastern border.  Why in the world would they spend that kind of money when they are in a major recession caused in part by low oil prices.

Surely, they can’t be threatened by our $640 billion dollars in military spending.  After all, we are the good guys  only use our weapons as a last resort after all negotiations and diplomatic means have failed.  Surely they know that?  

Surely Russia could not be upset because we are planning/discussing placing U.S. heavy army equipment in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland?  Surely, they know this is just to maintain the peace and it is not a first step in putting our missiles in those countries … Surely they understand the difference between us putting weapons on their borders and Russia putting nuclear missiles in Cuba!

And surely Russia knows that the elections in Crimea voting to be annexed by Russia were not valid.  Of course, they know we would have organized a real election with the United Nations to see if the people in Crimea wanted to join Russia and then we would have gladly let them join Russia, after all we do value democracy above all else in America.

What is it about us that makes China and Russia uneasy?  Why would they both be increasing their military budget?  Why can’t they understand that we spend so much on military to maintain peace in the world?  After all, have they not observed our nation building efforts in Iraq?  Our drones in Yemen to maintain a stable government there?  And what about our peacekeeping efforts in Palestine?  We are always fair and impartial, can’t they see that?  Don’t they understand our drones in Pakistan are to kill the bad guys, surely they can’t be listening the Pakistanians who think the U.S. are the terrorists.  Nonsense.

So, this guy Putin is just bad news.  A deranged man flexing his muscles.  He should understand that we do not spend all that money on the military to control the world.  We are just here to help.  You would think America is always itching for a fight if you listened to Putin.  He’s crazy when he says that we are pushing him into a nuclear war. What is he talking about?