You mean the 30 or so odd countries, the Russians invaded and then occupied, some of them for almost a century?
The only reason Russia isn't countering the USA militarily on a global scale in terms of bases on military support for our enemies, is because the Soviet Union fell apart and Russia's economy has never recovered. Russia has one bit of leverage, the natural gas pipeline into the EU and it's playing that for all its worth while grasping for ports in the Middle East.
Look, see the thing is, Russia is not our ally. It can never be our ally as long as it continues to bully its way to get what it wants globally, silences dissidents and kills off domestic political opposition.
The problem isn't that we aren't friends with Russia. The problem is the left in our country is a lot like Putin's Russia just with a few differences on cultural issues such as Christianity, diversity and LGBTQIA++.
"Former Soviet Republics"
You mean the 30 or so odd countries, the Russians invaded and then occupied, some of them for almost a century?
The only reason Russia isn't countering the USA militarily on a global scale in terms of bases on military support for our enemies, is because the Soviet Union fell apart and Russia's economy has never recovered. Russia has one bit of leverage, the natural gas pipeline into the EU and it's playing that for all its worth while grasping for ports in the Middle East.
Look, see the thing is, Russia is not our ally. It can never be our ally as long as it continues to bully its way to get what it wants globally, silences dissidents and kills off domestic political opposition.
The problem isn't that we aren't friends with Russia. The problem is the left in our country is a lot like Putin's Russia just with a few differences on cultural issues such as Christianity, diversity and LGBTQIA++.