02-20-2017 (Photo:This is the album cover of the 1966 United Artists Records soundtrack album The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming of the film of the same name. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules http://johnbatchelorshow.com/blog Twitter: @BatchelorShow

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“…I know that some of my friends (maybe former friends by now) think that I am compromised by Russia and just a stooge for Putin. Nothing could be further from the truth, but I believe that kind of thinking is a symptom of the anti-Russia hysteria that has seized the minds of many in the foreign policy and national security establishment. If you try to talk sanely about U.S./Russian relations you are labeled a stooge and point out that this is a two-way street and that the United States is doing some things that may appear threatening to the Russians, you are suspect. What I see happening right now is that much of the tension in our relationship with Russia has stemmed from U.S. actions, some intentional and some unintentional. Let me give you a current example. By now we’ve all heard about the Russian “SPY” ship lurking 17 miles off the coast of the eastern United States: Earlier in the week, some had seized on the Russian ship as a symbol. Representative Joe Courtney, a Democrat from Connecticut and a member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, said on Wednesday on the House floor and in a statement that the presence of the Russian “spy ship” about 30 miles from the Groton submarine base was one of several “destabilizing” actions by Russia and its president, Vladimir V. Putin. “This unacceptable, aggressive action, combined with the buzzing of U.S. Navy ships in the Black Sea yesterday, are clearly testing the resolve of a new administration,” Mr. Courtney said in the statement on his website. “While I have total confidence in our Navy’s vigilant, responsible readiness, the White House needs to move past their seeming infatuation with Putin and treat him like the serious threat to global peace and security that he has been for the last five years.” I will give the NY Times some credit–at least they cited sources who admitted there was nothing unusual in the movement or activity of this ship. It is routine and has been happening for years. The truth is we do similar things to Russia. Congressman Courtney, however, implied this was an unprovoked Russian provocation as well as the report that Russian jets were “buzzing” one of our ships in the Black Sea. This latter incident, boys and girls, should really attract your attention and raise the question, “What are we doing in the Black Sea?” The Black Sea is really a giant lake that sits on Russia’s souther border. And we are operating U.S. Navy ships, i.e. war ships, just off the coast of Russia. And these are not fishing trawlers:…” https://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/79597/russia-really-aggressor/