“This should make renewing the Soviet Empire a lot more difficult.”
Unfortunately he already MODERNIZED his military while we were disarming so that we could afford to buy Sandra Fluke her abortion pills. I wouldn’t celebrate a cornered bear very much. He still very popular over there and the more he’s isolated, the more likely he is to use his one asset that can take care of his problems, which is his military. If we wanted to fight these guys, 20 years ago was the PERFECT TIME. Not now, not after 6 years of Obama and a rubber-stamp Congress.
We don’t need to fight them. We need them not to fight their peaceful neighbors for Putin’s glory.