{"id":20502,"date":"2013-09-23T11:17:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T15:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20502"},"modified":"2013-09-23T11:17:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T15:17:20","slug":"leopards-dont-really-change-thier-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20502","title":{"rendered":"Leopards Don’t Really Change Thier Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal<\/a> posted a story this morning entitled, “Russia’s Anti-American Foreign Policy” (no link–subscribers only). So what happened to ‘reset’? Regardless of what is said between the two countries, the freedom of America is a potential threat to the totalitarianism of Russia.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

The U.S. needs three things from Russia: understanding in defense matters, assistance in the war on terror, and help in curbing the ambitions of rogue states. In each case, the record of the Putin regime<\/a> is one of relentless obstruction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among other things, Russia has objected to the idea of an antimissile shield in Europe<\/a>. Why? There is no logical reason for that opposition. NATO has never been a threat to Russia. The Russians<\/a> have recently taken in Edward Snowden, and whether you see him as a traitor or a hero, that was definitely a slap in the face toward the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the things that the article points out is that the Russian economy<\/a> is deteriorating–in the second quarter of 2013, the growth was 1.2 percent. During the 2000’s the growth rate was 7.2 percent. Russia needs high oil prices to keep its economy afloat. Middle East<\/a> instability results in high oil prices.<\/p>\n

There are two lessons to be learned here. First of all, we need to remember that Russia is looking out for Russia’s interests–not America’s interests. Peace in the Middle East is not in their interest. Second of all, we could be done with all this kowtowing to the tyrants of Russia and the Middle East if we would develop our own energy sources. We need the Keystone Pipeline<\/a> so that we won’t be at the mercy of Russian foreign policy<\/a>–we need to determine our own foreign policy without being enslaved to Middle East oil.<\/p>\n

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