tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2025482336343217780..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: They're Back. Putin Exploits Trump Again. This Time It's Cuba.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75386230335875251182017-10-30T21:54:34.976-07:002017-10-30T21:54:34.976-07:00Trump has limited interests, TB, and foreign polic...<br />Trump has limited interests, TB, and foreign policy isn't one of them. He doesn't seem to understand the importance of things that don't have some immediate monetary quality such as long term alliances. We didn't like the trade aspects of the TPP but America's Asian allies saw it more in a geopolitical context with US as their historic protector. When Trump ditched the TPP they began to question Washington's reliability. Then, when he went on his America first rampage, the hard reality that they might be better off with China set in. Thailand is now said to be on the verge of switching allegiances. China is also eating America's lunch in Africa and increasing its influence across South America. Putin, with NATO at Russia's doorstep and a sanctions beating, would be delighted to retaliate by reviving its presence in Cuba.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-23161948334005749942017-10-30T15:39:40.140-07:002017-10-30T15:39:40.140-07:00Thug that I think he is; Putin is a shrewd operato...Thug that I think he is; Putin is a shrewd operator.<br />He has made his mark in the middle east with the Russian cooperation with Syria now it's Cuba.<br />I believe Russia just held war games with India!<br />Outmaneuvered and outsmarted the US decline accelerates.<br /><br />TB<br /><br />Trailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065775238162848249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18199688652332043292017-10-30T14:27:02.144-07:002017-10-30T14:27:02.144-07:00Trump's ignorance is breathtaking, Lorne. He i...<br />Trump's ignorance is breathtaking, Lorne. He ignores complexity and has no sense of nuance. To the world Trump resembles nothing so much as the angry old white guy in his rocker on the front porch yelling at the future to get the f#@k off his lawn.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18835946157301542852017-10-30T13:41:35.985-07:002017-10-30T13:41:35.985-07:00This is all the logical consequence of the U.S. st...This is all the logical consequence of the U.S. still feeling it is the world's top dog, Mound. They are learning, to their ultimate dismay, that trying to treat Cuba as if it were still the early sixties is going to bite them on the ass massively. Pride goeth before the fall, as the saying goes.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com