[MrEdd]

Stupid article by an idiot who has paid no attention to the political activities of the European Union and their predictable fallout.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

When we score a victory over international socialism/communism we should always be thinking about how the ‘defeated’ side is going to respond. For anyone to think that the collapse of the USSR would end the aspirations of those fervently wed to the socialist/communist ideology was/is a huge mistake.

Putin, on the other hand, appears to be driven more by his own grandiosity and narcissism than by ideology. It appears to me that he would like to expand the footprint and greatly increase the power of Russia - but not necessarily put back together the same political/ideological structure. Doesn't matter entirely, because it would still be a dangerous top-down somewhat totalitarian nation. Worse, they've learned their lesson about how economic success drives military strength, while at the same time we are destroying our own economic strength.