Former Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich, now a pundit, is claiming that some members of Congress want to start up a conflict with Russia. Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain stipulated there “would never be an all-out war with Russia.”
“U.S.-Russia relations have deteriorated severely in the past decade and they are about to get worse, if the House passes H. Res. 758,” Kucinich wrote in an op-ed. “Tensions between Russia and the U.S. are being fueled every day by players who would benefit financially from a resumption of the Cold War which, from 1948 to 1991 cost U.S. taxpayers $20 TRILLION dollars (in 2014 dollars), an amount exceeding our $18 trillion National Debt,” he added.
“With wars re-igniting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Syria being a staging ground for an ongoing proxy war between the great powers, the U.S. treasury is being drained for military adventures, our national debt is piling up, and we are demonstrably less safe,” the ex-Ohio politician wrote.
However, longtime Arizona Senator John McCain, a Republican, rejected suggestions that the US would engage in an all-out war with Russia.
“There would never be an all-out war with Russia, that I know of. I know of no scenario where that would happen. But wouldn’t it be nice if these people who are having their homeland invaded to have some weapons with which to defend themselves. That is a tradition of the United States of America, to help people who are fighting against invasion and aggression. Now, it may not be yours, but it certainly is a tradition in the United States of America,” he said in a recent interview with EuroNews.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin might be further pushed to the edge due to falling oil prices, which might force the Kremlin to keep on with its confrontations with the West as well as supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine--or worse, said an expert this week.
