>spend nearly a century stockpiling arms and building bases in case Russia invades>Russia finally invades>America abandons the region and starts cutting off the EUWhat gives? Was the US subverted or did they just never actually care?
Yeah so the difference was that the USSR was a Superpower and America's chief rival and modern Russia is a failed state shithole that no longer poses a global threat. Hope this helps!
>>18347431Russia/the USSR stopped being a credible threat by the late 70s/early 80s
>>18347431Russia is not the main adversary of the United States anymore and the U.S. profits from the central authority still remaining strong (imagine how tedious it would be to manage Russia breaking apart into hundredds of warlord states with all weapons, including nuclear arms, entering the black market).And Europe now is a shadow of its former self, doing everything in its power to weaken its already diminishing influence both nationally and globally. With how China rose to power, a focus on Russia just doesn't make sense. Granted, the Chinese Military as it currently stands is a paper tiger, arguably in an even worse position than Russia and Europe, but they do threaten one of the most important countries and industrially they already overcome the United States in some aspects. Only a matter of decades until their Military becomes a headache too
>>18347431Blumpf, in a rare moment of lucidity, decided not to go to war with Russia in Ukraine despite how much the EU wants it because he knows America would lose.Americans already lost against a bunch of illiterate goat herders with rusty AK47s, what chance do they stand against a country with an actual army?Same reason he won't go to war against China over Taiwan. America would get curb stomped hard.
>>18347431Yuropoors wanted to drag America into yet another World War, that's all Europeans are capable of, infighting and kicking off global conflicts over some pan-ethnic autism. >>18347446>Americans already lost against a bunch of illiterate goat herders with rusty AK47sThe US occupied Afghanistan for over 20 years and Osama was dead within the first 10 years. Losing a war over failing to nation build is very different from losing a war militarily.
>in case Russia invades>ukraineAnonYou're not gonna believe this
>>18347481You're an ESL with poor reading comprehension
>>18347431It's almost as if modern Russia is so pathetically weak that it can't even beat a sub-regional power that was once a core part of her empire, allowing the US to focus on Asia and other theaters outside of Europe.
>>18347443>hundredds of warlord states with all weapons, including nuclear arms, entering the black marketAlmost like there are other numbers between one and hundred(s). The US could simply split Russia into 2-10 states, keeping all benefits without drawbacks of having a single large state.
>>18347431>what my grandpa wants is also what I wantsMost Americans are unwilling to risk their life in a war oversea, that no matter the outcome won't affect their life. The ruling elite before might had been willing to force the population for national interest. That doesn't mean the current one is willing to do the same. After all they all be dead before shit hits the fan.Rather live out a comfy life than risk it all for some jackasses in the future.
>>18347441>no longer poses a global threatwhich is why most of the world immediately turned on Russia when it invaded
>>18347431LOL fuck the EU, I hope this petty meaningless war over uKKKraine destroys western imperialism and I also hope Trump starts a war with Denmark over Greenland and dismantles NATO. Allah bless Comrades Putin and Xi! Russian oil can also be used to wean the west off middle eastern oil, thereby eliminating the need to do business with the gulf states and the zionazi entity
>>18348234That's unrelated to Russia's capacity of being a global threat, nobody is under the illusion that nations like Germany are at threat of Russian invasion but it is unironically the current year and we thought that we had moved past aggressive wars of territorial expansion.>>18347431>What gives? Was the US subverted or did they just never actually care?NATO relies on US leadership and the sitting president is the most divisive president that has ever held that office, not just domestically but within NATO and among other western allies. Nobody knows what the fuck to do because the leader of the alliance is too busy constantly threatening its own allies and key trading partners.
>>18348234Unjustly invading a sovereign nation for a blatant land grab is still frowned upon dullard.
LOLThere is literally no lie tankies will not tell, no revision they won't make in order to copeRussia invades its former province of Ukraine after decades of ruthlessly exploiting them... and it's somehow because America failed?
>>18348234Invading your neighbors is unpopular.
>>18347431>Russia finally invadesIt invaded Ukraine, a country that was part of the USSR during that military build up you were talking about. In fact Russia has not attacked any NATO country, nor even any country that is explicitly allied with the United States. Ukraine didn't have any military alliances that would guarantee support if it was invaded, but that was maybe going to change in the near future. That's the reason Russia invaded. Because they were terrified of a NATO member Ukraine, because it would effectively take Ukraine off the table for Russia. >America abandons the regionIf by that you mean expands its influence even more than before, then yeah.
>>18347446>Americans already lost against a bunch of illiterate goat herders with rusty AK47sThey in fact didn't lose a single battle to the Taliban, which is why they were able to occupy the country for 2 decades with barely any casualties. Russia loses more men in a week in Ukraine than the US lost in 20 years in Afghanistan.
