No of course I don't think the trouble between Russia and the US comes via the Middle East. I'm 52 after all: I know my history. It began when Russia became a superpower after WWII and Stalin grabbed all he could of Eastern Europe, even up to part (half?) of Germany, resulting in East/West Germany. Then the Cold War, the Space Race and so on all helped fuel tensions. But Gorbachev was doing a lot, against stiff opposition in the Kremlin no doubt, to help thaw relations between the two powers. The collapse of communism and the fragmentation of the USSR left Russia with few bargaining chips and their power much reduced, but Putin is doing his best to drag us all back to the days of the Cold War. If Russia had not vetoed the resolution something could perhaps have been done about Syria. The US has done it before in, oh, 2003? Little place called Iraq?
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