“we”. joshiykins, who is this “we”? Much as I would like to visit Russia someday, I don’t thing arranging it is entirely your call. Maybe you live in in some imaginary peoples democratic republic of moronia and possess the authority to exile and worse. Me? I live in the USA, a federal constitutional republic, whose founders went to considerable trouble not to establish a “democracy”. Study our history, you little fool. Of course you’ll have to learn to read first.
Now if I may talk to the adults here, the world is not a very nice place and to preserve our little patch of law and decency we’re going to have to find “business partners” out there. We may not like them, or they us, but necessity can make good bedfellows.
Our enemies are China and Islam. Small world. They are Russia’s too, who has them for neighbors. Additionally, we need Russian oil to free us of the mid east loonocrats. Russia, demographically challenged, needs us to help her keep Siberia and its oil fields, which are easy pickings for China.
Cold-eyed self interest, instead of hysterics, would pay both nations richly. Energy. Natural resources. Trade. Investment. Prosperity. Mutual security. Overwhelming military power. The US and Russia in fair and equal partnership could make the world safe for themselves. And the rest of the world? They can rip each others’ throats out for all I care.
We really have to stop the Russia bashing. No good will come from it.
