Forgot to note the most important point: Russia is now Europe’s largest consumer market. They bought more cars than Germany last year. The men are not drunks and the women are not whores (and there is not such thing as a “mail order bride” which is a feminist term for the competition they are using the US Congress to stop).

Anyone with a brain the size of a walnut in the White House would be trying to discuss the current situation fairly…showing a balanced point of view…BECAUSE OUR TRADE WITH RUSSIA CAN BE HUGE.

Any of you guys salesmen? Guess what: Bigger contracts available than if you just tried to deal with German firms.

Are you commies are what? You can say “but money isn’t everything and one has to do what is right”.

But when a lot of money is at stake…you might want to read up on the real situation before shooting your mouth off on Fox News talking points about the “Russian bear being the same as always wanting to play the great game and we have to play the great game as well and KILL them.”

Wake up and for your own sake…don’t identify yourself to the Russians as wanting to see Russian men killed.

I noticed this forum’s main blogger is being smart that way but some of the commenters act like they think Russia is a third country they would never want to visit, much less enjoy million dollar business relations with.

The movie “Get Smart” gives a good visual depiction of modern Russia (even though it was filmed in Quebec). There is a lot of money there now and it is spread out to a lot more of the population than the leftists at the NYTimes want you to know about.

Get on a plane to Russia and check it out…that is if you can still get a visa after making wild, knee-jerk 1914 style yee haw declarations of how you want to egg on an “ally” to the slaughter of Russian men.

Study up on August 1914 as well.