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analogdial · December 17th 16, 09:56 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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During the American Revolution King George III asked Catherine the Great for military assistance and was refused ... During the Civil War two naval squadrons of the RIN were dispatched to the US to keep New York and San Francisco protected from ANY attack and keep the shipping lanes open ... WWI- both countries are Allies. WWII- Allies again . From 1947-1991 we had the Cold War . It would seem the 1992-2000 US-Russia cooperation years were the best EVER but ... the relationship is very different at present time...

We made a big mistake in bringing NATO into the recently democratized
Eastern European countries. I mean, that's as if the Soviet Union
brought Mexico or Canada into the Warsaw Pact.