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Russia Rattling the Saber – Is This Leading to War For the US?

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">As the relationship between Russia and the U&period;S&period; continues to get more turbulent&comma; there is more speculation about an approaching war&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;Relations between Russia and the United States can&&num;8217&semi;t get any worse&period; The only way they can get worse is if a war starts&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Vladimir Zhirinovsky to <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">Reuters&period; <&sol;em>Zhirinovsky is an ally of Putin and just received a top state award&nbsp&semi;from the Russian president after his pro-Kremlin Liberal Democratic Party of Russia &lpar;LDPR&rpar;&nbsp&semi;came third in Russia&&num;8217&semi;s parliamentary election last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;Americans voting for a president on Nov&period; 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump&period; But if they vote for Hillary it&&num;8217&semi;s war&period; It will be a short movie&period; There will be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere&period;&&num;8221&semi; Zhirinovsky had similar sentiments when speaking with <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">CNN<&sol;em> also&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">It looks Putin is ramping up for war&period; Thursday he told top Russian officials&comma; politicians and their families across the world to return to the Motherland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">This is particularly suspicious timing considering the recent tension about Syria with the Obama administration and that Putin just called off a planned trip to France&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Obama recently accused and condemned the Russian government for the recent email hacks of the Democratic party&period; And Putin&rsquo&semi;s abrupt cancelation of his Paris&comma; may be an indicator that relations with the West are at an all-time low&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The conflict over Syria is only putting more of a strain on the already feeble relationship between Russian and the U&period;S&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Washington&nbsp&semi;called off bilateral talks with Russia&nbsp&semi;over Syria this month following the collapse of a short-lived&comma; US-Russia-brokered ceasefire in Aleppo and Syria&&num;8217&semi;s renewed offensive against the city&&num;8217&semi;s rebel-held east&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">CNN&period;<&sol;em> <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The fighting over Syria is petty and it&rsquo&semi;s unlikely that a direct war between the U&period;S&period; and Russia will come of it&period; But&comma; the real question is what are we fighting for in Syria&quest; It&rsquo&semi;s doubtful that we will oust the Russians and get a clear victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> And is it worth it waste resources&quest; If we commit resources and win&comma; what would we get&quest;&nbsp&semi;Likely a radical Islamic brutal dictator&comma; who would be much worse than current leader Assad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Not to mention&comma; even if we did win&comma; would Syria be a reliable ally to the U&period;S&period;&quest; No&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Ultimately&comma; fighting for Syria has little strategic value for us&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> I don&&num;8217&semi;t believe it will come to all out war&comma; but Obama&&num;8217&semi;s aimless meddling in the Middle East is accomplishing nothing and causing a lot of people to die&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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