Point One: The war aint over till the fat lady sings.

Point Two; We have not yet begun to fight.

Point Three: This is not the Cold War, Cold War grand strategy was directed by fools convinced Americans didn’t have the balls to pay the price for taking out the Soviet Union, and Russia is no Soviet Union.

Point Four: Armenia and Azerbaijan are American allies. Armenian and Azeri forces have been trained by the U.S. Armenia and Azerbaijan can trust America to act as an honest broker. They cannot trust Russia.

Point Five: When the Philippines asked that we remove our bases from their territory, we did so. Countries such as Georgia and Armenia have asked that Russia remove her bases from their territory, only to get delays and road blocks.

Point Six: When your choice is between a distant country that treats you honestly, supports your efforts at economic development, and provides assistance of all sorts when it just seems like you might need it; and a neighbor who threatens you, engages in destabilizing your government, won’t remove it’s troops from your territory regardless of your actions, and wants your resources however it can get them; it would be a pretty stupid move to ally with the nearby bully.