MISJUDGING RUSSIA AGAIN

Darrell Castle talks about foreign policy especially Russia, since Washington is once again rattling the sabers, threatening, and bullying those abroad. Transcription / Notes: MISJUDGING RUSSIA AGAIN Hello this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday, the 16th day of April in the year of our Lord 2021 and in this report, I will focus on foreign policy especially Russia, since Washington is once again rattling the sabers, threatening, and bullying those abroad. China and Iran are also problems, but I will save those problems for another day. I recommend my Castle Report of August 23, 2015 entitled The Mind of Russia, as a good background for this Report. You can find that by going to castlereport.us Index. The Castle Family is doing just fine right now living the good life here in the southern spring far from the virus. There is no illness in this family that we know of not even in Los Angeles. I will admit to encouraging my family to be careful and proceed with caution during this time since both Joan and I are past the age of 65. Overly cautious perhaps, but as family leader I thought it best and so far, so good. Joan and I were riding to work in her car on Wednesday of this week when I asked her why logic and truth did not seem to matter anymore. She was stumped by my question, but we continued to debate it with me giving her one example after another of how illogical the premise of this society seems to be. Just from a foreign policy standpoint I question whether anyone in government cares about what is best for America and the American people. Whether the subject is virus or Russia, the decisions lack logic, truth, and even common sense. The leaders of other countries appear to act in their own best interest, so why can’t our leaders do that for us? I suppose it makes more sense to them to concentrate on how diverse the cabinet is than to worry about destruction of the currency, offshoring of manufacturing jobs, and such mundane things. Why isn’t the United States working with the Russians to create an alliance to contain Chinese Communist expansion, instead of stupidly placing sanctions on virtually all Russian production? Maybe because Washington developed an attitude after the fall of the Soviet Union that Russia is no longer a great nation to be respected. So, Russia and Russians get sanctioned because when you control the world’s financial system you can do that, but it is just a passive act of war. It also allows the Chinese Communists to paint us with moral equivalence which is a lie that Biden apparently doesn’t have the ability to refute. The United States no longer honors the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia and so it feels free to move rather short-range missiles to the borders of Russia. What difference does it make where the missiles are located since the US submarine launched ICBMs could hit any target in Russia within about 15 minutes? The answer is that the intermediate range missiles do not give 15 minutes of warning and in theory could annihilate Russian nuclear capability before they could retaliate. That makes Russians nervous and constantly on guard.  The Biden Administration seems to be courting disaster around the world, and does not appear to be concerned about a military confrontation in Russia’s backyard. That attitude is stupid, and reckless, especially since the ability to back it up is questionable. Would Joe Biden or whoever runs that administration be willing to take the United States to the edge of war with nuclear armed Russia over Ukraine? The answer appears to be yes although when Russia threatened to close the Black Sea the two American warships patrolling there were withdrawn. It is better to pick your battles and stand firm than to bluster then back down. The United States is reportedly considering membership in NATO for Ukraine. That would be the stupidest foreign policy decision since Hitler invaded Russia.