Do you think Putin's ostensible democracy signal the start of a new cold war for the United-States?

Question

When Vladimir Putin came to Power,replacing Yeltsin(a Russian clown),the rest of the world admire him for his youthness,intelligence and impeccable background.

European and Americans admired him for his strength when dealing with Chechen and other Muslim minorities who were starting trouble.

After the 9-11 disaster,while While Russian army was massacring,raping Chechen civilian villages during years,President Bush decide to congratulate Putin for his own Anti-terror effort.He even offer American help Prussian troops combat the weakening Chechen rebels but Russia silently declined.

The calculated intelligent mind of Vladimir Putin, a gifted chess master and martial artist(judo), knew that later on he will be in opposition with America.Vladimir, an ex KGB agent, never coincided the cold war victory to the United-states,which American clams as a victory for democracy.He clearly wanted to show to the world the failure of colonialism capitalism and democracy.

One more though: I wonder sometime if thing would had been better if Clinton was in power.The leadership contrast between Russia and America is stunning,to say the least.
America is govern by an underachiever with a low IQ who rely on an intelligent women with no experience to understand the world around him.
In the other hand you have Russia that have a witty president who was already spying and gather information long before becoming chief of state.
We talk about a guy who speak more than two language who can discern cultural nuances of other nation without the help of an adviser.With the French he speak French, he is fluent in ukranian,understand German.He look fragile and sensitive when you look at his face expression but in fact he is a staunch thinker who can take rapid,ruthless decision that he never regret.

Answer 1

I hope not, when the USSR split up, I think Russia got most of the military goodies. Some were sold. I was on Iraq ship and all the writing on the controls was in Russian. What does that tell you?

Answer 2

New Cold War, perhaps. You and I share very similar views in regards to Putin. He is very clever, he played our moron for a president like a fool. I'm not surprised, nor should anyone else be.

I'm counting down the days till "Comrade Wolf" (Putin's speech most likely about Bush) leaves office. Hopefully we will get a new president (hopefully not Hillary or a crazy right-winger, aside from the point) that is intelligent; and can start fixing a very small portion of the mess we (meaning Bush) have created.

Russia will no longer back down to us, regardless of our leadership. It is now a matter of our holding what we have as Russia rises rather than continue to expand our Economic Empire. I believe should we continue expanding in the face of a rising China & Russia, as we have done, we will stretch beyond the breaking point (my view), and they will take our place.

I don't believe Putin is a Hitler, I believe he enjoys power; and he is doing what he must do to fix his country. We have absolutely humiliated Russia for the past decade. I know Americans would be incredibly bent on vengeance should we have been in Russia's position the past decade.

We really have been the one's provoking Putin. He seems to be like The Godfather. He is quietly gathering strength, he's not a fool like our President that is bent on showing strength. Putin is waiting. Russia still is not nearly strong enough to seriously compete with us. When the time comes, America will have to wake up to the reality Russia has risen again. They are rising now, they are not finished. This is a new Cold War largely provoked by our arrogance, insensitivity, and imperialism. You're right. Take it easy.

Answer 3

Either a cold war...or another world war.

Bush is doing the same thing other politicians do, he's just really good at it...that is the fear card strategy....only now he's playing it with the rest of the world, which is dangerious. It helped him and others debrive the americans of civil rights, it helped him pass the patriot act, it helped him lead us to war. To answer the question, Bush dont care if we go to war or not, he'll be safe and he has proven he could care less about the American people who elected him. We are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard plate...if we dont do anything about Iran, they will create a bomb and use it against Israel, hence starting WWIII....however, if we attack Iran, Russia won't be to happy about it and it could institgate a World War as well. China doesn't want a world war i'm sure, but they will get involved if one takes place beyond they're control. So we are damned if we do and damned if we dont....sooner or later, even if it's not in our lifetimes, i think its going to happen eventually.

Answer 4

Most definitily it is a sign of negative things to come.
History shows, and even the geographics relate it is better for Russia to have stronger ties with China, then the USA.
A new cold war?
But the realization that the world is broken into 3 sectors,
the West- USA, U.K, Australia, N.Z, Japan, Israel, Canada
the East- Russia, China, Iran, Iraq, Syria, (I think Argentina),
and the un-able to help themselves.

Answer 5

The chilly conflict defined the two countries' distant places rules interior the process the 2d a million/2 of the twentieth century, as human beings and Soviets competed for allies to maintain and widen their respective spheres of impression worldwide. the two facets seen the chilly conflict as a conflict between civilizations; interior the worldwide conflict between American capitalism and Soviet Communism, in hassle-free terms one ought to be beneficial. From Shmoop/chilly conflict motives and Origins

Answer 6

No, Putin doesn't want or need a new Cold War. What he's doing is craftily capitalizing on wedge issues that the US and our Western European allies don't agree on.

Answer 7

It's already started. Putin needs a boogy man so he can get his people to focus outside Russia

Answer 8

Sure. One man.

We congratulate him for something he does right and because he does other things wrong, we are bad because we encouraged good things out of him.

That's a silly argument. By that standard, if anyone does anything wrong, we shouldn't congratulate them for anything good they do. Anyone want to hold their breath until we find someone to congratulate?

Silly.

People have admirable traits, and traits that make them despicable. Most have both.

Unfortunately for your argument, the U.S. is still going strong, and the USSR is in pieces.

So much for showing us.

Answer 9

An excellent analysis of events. Yes, I think that there will be a new cold war. How far it will go depends on wether Bush can assuage Russian fears on his defence shield. I dont think he will, however.

Answer 10

i think the new cold war has alreadystarted.
it is obvious in his stand against a strike against iran by the USA or israel.
his term of office is about to end, but he cannot trust anyone else to run his country's affairs.
that is why he is going to leave his post as president but will run his country's affairs as a prime minister.
this is smart.