The time for grave and lasting damage to US-Russia relationships is long past. Russia’s sale of weapons and nuclear infrastructure to Iran, Russia’s diplomatic cover for Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons, Russia’s sales of fighters and warships to Venezuala, Russian oil blackmail against sundry nations and Russian bomber patrols abroad clearly point to a Russian enemy.

Weak words from the US and the EU will have the same effect on Russia as they have had on Iran. The West no longer has the will to use force to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Al-Qaeda from setting up shop in Pakistan nor Russia from gobbling up it’s former empire. An Obama presidency would signal the beginning of the end of the West as a force to be reckoned with.

It may be the end of history in the West but others see opportunity. Westerners are too busy gazing into their iPhones to see what is happening in the world around them. Thugs are looking to control the future by controlling hydrocarbons. The West is sleepwalking towards doom.