U.S. Decline Gives Moscow a Golden Chance

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008

This article is by the MoscowTimes.Com. The signals coming out of Washington are alarming to Russians.

From the article:

For the past eight years, Washington has tried to impose its will to other nations. It has been a failure, reducing, not enhancing, U.S. influence and alarming not only former foes but even close allies. In the process, it has veered away from its own vaunted principles of democracy and freedom, as well as from its conservative, isolationist roots. It has violated international rules and laws it helped put in place after World War II and undermined its own economy, producing anger, resentment and a nasty anti-foreigner backlash. This has created a rift with the international community, which the next president may not be able heal, whichever candidate is elected.

Russia is the only nation with a nuclear arsenal to rival that of the United States. However distasteful many aspects of the tandem of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev may be for the rest of the world, Russia may yet again become a pivotal piece in the next global strategic realignment.

… Yet Russia’s political and military leaders should pay serious attention to alarming signals emanating from Washington since the start of the 21st century.