'The War of Nerves'

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00194bh

Dear friends

'The War of Nerves' by Martin Sixsmith

I listened to the five 14 mins episodes yesterday evening and thought that we can all live more successfully, if we can only learn to understand other countries' ways of thinking.  On both sides there has been suspicion, fear, mistrust, paranoia, intolerance, secrecy, wrong assumptions and an inability to make and keep friendships with USSR/Russia.  It remains, even more of course, our No 1 sworn Enemy, with China next.

Episode 1 is how America depth charged Soviet subs at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.  Episode 5, above, starts by making a comparison with how creeping US/Western expansion eastwards in Europe might look to us if the boot was on the other foot and Russia tried it on - as they did, in 1962, after our American Jupiter rockets were placed in Turkey pointing at them.

Do tell me what you think, please!

My Jaundiced, Alternative Take on History

 We American/Westerners must be the world Sheriff in charge throughout the planet.  West is best so our 'empire', our control must be paramount and be seen to be in charge.

After 22 years in power, Putin's patience has run out, he's had enough of America/Western domination and arrogance and he's muscling in, but disastrously, on the act.  Is this a re-run of the 1961 Cuban missile crisis?