Russia to the US: If you want a confrontation, 'you'll get one everywhere'
Reuters/Yuri Kochetkov
Here's a quick glance at what Russia has accomplished just in the last month or so:
- Likely bombed a UN humanitarian aide convoy trying to provide relief to besieged Aleppo, derailing joint US and Russian peace talks.
- Continued to strike civilian targets in Syria, reportedly with chemical weapons, exacerbating the refugee crisis in Europe. US Air Force General Philip Breedlove has even gone as far as to accuse Russia of purposefully attacking civilians in order to "weaponize" the flow of refugees into Europe.
- Sent nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad, Russia's European enclave.
- Suspended an agreement with the US on disposing of weapons-grade plutonium due to what Russia viewed as "unfriendly acts" by the US.
- Sent additional missile defense batteries to Syria, and even threatened to shoot down US planes flying in Syria without warning.
- Participated in military drills with China in the South China Sea, where China has illegally annexed and militarized artificial islands.
- Likely hacked the Democratic National Committee and other US government agencies and leaked the information to the public in an effort to delegitimize the US's coming election and destabilize the country at large.
Without a doubt, relations between Russia and the West have reached their lowest point since the height of the Cold War.
Retired Lt. Gen. Yevgeny Buzhinsky told the BBC that for its part, Russia sees the West as the belligerent party, citing sanctions against Russia as well as the banning of the Russian Paralympic from the Rio games for well-documented and state-sponsored doping as Western aggression against Russia.
"Of course there is a reaction. As far as Russia sees it, as Putin sees it, it is full-scale confrontation on all fronts. If you want a confrontation, you'll get one. But it won't be a confrontation that doesn't harm the interests of the United States. You want a confrontation, you'll get one everywhere," said Buzhinsky.
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