Seriously though, have you ever heard stories about the contemporary Russian army? That's no Soviet Union power for you. Oh, they're strong. Have no doubt about it. But the Russians are like 13-year-old bully who could only pick on 7 year olds, i.e., the post-soviet states who hardly can keep a standard army at all.
Yes, i have heard and seen most of the media coverage regarding the state of the Russian federation. I agree that they have human rights violations and a record for supporting an abusive police state. But the United States is quickly building there own reputation in that regard. And the second part of what i quoted from you sounds just like the United States to me. I.E, the United States in Iraq, Afghanistan, and every other country on the list (a list of many) where we have no business at all. We move in, occupy the country in question to help "spread Denocracy" and after that's done we now own your country. If you step out of line or change your mind we will set up an overthrow of your current government, and set up snap elections until we get our way again. This usually translates into raping your country of all resources and using the population as labor for forced in corporations. This results in very cheap wages and a cheap product that can be shipped back to the states. This is United States foreign policy.
The uprising in the Ukraine was bought and paid for by the CIA. They were trained in hand to hand and anti riot police tactics at a facility before they were sent in to protest/start a small war. Just like we did with the Taliban to fight against Russia in Afghanistan. We also paid for and trained al-Qaida.
Look it up. Agenda 21...False flag...Operation Gladio These are just a few quick places to start learning the truth. We are the thugs not Russia. The reason they have not been in any major conflicts is because they are not global police like the United States/United Nations/illuminati new world order. Not conspiracy theory anymore, it's reality. It's all documented and proven.
I guess we will see how strong and scared the USA is of Russia. They just sent a number of troops into the Crimea. Bet you any amount of money you will see sanctions, harsh words and nothing more.
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Just wanted to add this. The information generated for media coverage comes with a set of political controls. Most is produced by the Brookings institute and the Harvard-Kennedy center for public leadership. AKA.. Where you go to be educated. (brainwashed) How 'well you do', is what dictates your readiness to become part of the political system in the area stated previously. Most of the media sources are owned by the same group of major corporations or their affiliates.