I have written about it several times on this blog, often to the vocal disagreement of some readers: The United States has really bungled a lot of opportunities with Russia in recent years, caused undue frustration and distrust among key members within the Kremlin, and inadvertently empowered the more hawkish elements over the people we want to be calling the shots. This isn’t an excuse to justify authoritarianism or the violation of rights, but it has happened. Here former Ambassador Jack Matlock talks about what kinds of attitudes are getting in the way of more constructive cooperation with Moscow on the nuclear issue, among other views that raise many questions about how the relationship could change in the next administration.
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Hasn’t Canada bungled any?Or is Canada too insignificant to bear mention?Hasn’t Russia bungled even one?Guess not. All America’s fault, huh?Gee, that’s a shame. What a nasty, evil, stupid country America is. Sure is a darn shame it rules the world. If only Canada did!Good grief. Your attitude towards America is as full of errors as you claim America’s attitude towards Russia is. In fact, the idea of “constructive cooperation” with the KGB dictatorship is totally ludicrous. Are you hoping America will “constructively cooperate” with Khodorkovsky’s internment?In fact, America’s only error in dealing with Russia is failing to be sufficiently confrontational rapidly enough. Hopefully, after the upcoming election, this will soon change.