‘Obama’s Blindness on Russia Has Become Dangerous’

Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), a member of the House Committee on Armed Services, revealed on Wednesday that Russia is posing a new strategic nuclear threat to the US – and not enough is being done about it.

 

Rogers, who is the chairman of the subcommittee on strategic forces, made the revelation in a speech at the Air Force Association, reports the Washington Times.

 

“On the nuclear deterrence front, we likely have more cause for concern today than at any point since the Soviet Union collapsed – with a swift kick from the policies of Ronald Reagan,” said Rogers.

 

He noted that Russia never went from enemy to ally after World War II like Germany and Japan did, and listed several troubling actions taken by the Russians in recent times.

 

Those acts include direct nuclear threats to neighbors and NATO states, the illegal occupation and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea and military action in eastern Ukraine, the violation of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty as well as breaches of eight other arms control treaties.

 

Likewise, Rogers noted that Moscow has been openly discussing a new military doctrine viewing NATO as a military threat, which will stipulate using nuclear weapons early in any conflict that involves NATO or the US.

 

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