Ok, this pissing contest has to end, and has to end now. Russia has decided to flex its’ muscles and come into our sphere of influence, what they hope to achieve with this other than show that they are neither down nor out is beyond me, either way, no good can come of it…
A Russian warship will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II the navy announced Wednesday, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow’s power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence.
The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko will arrive Friday at a former U.S. naval base in Panama’s Pacific port of Balboa for a six-day visit after carrying out joint maneuvers with the Venezuelan navy in the Caribbean Sea, navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said in a telephone interview.
The Panama Canal has long been a symbol of U.S. clout in Latin America, and Dygalo said no Soviet or Russian military ship has sailed through it since World War II. The wartime alliance between the U.S. and the Soviet Union swiftly gave way to the mistrust, military buildups and proxy conflicts of the Cold War.
I think Russia has not been paying attention to the composition of Obama’s Security Council, I won’t be surprised if we shall soon return to the tit-for-tat displays of power that characterized much of the Cold War…
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