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I really see Russia and America, eventually, forming a firm alliance, even if 'an alliance of convenience' ie expediency, even temporarily & as required.

In the scheme of (current) world events & matters, and particularly the Islamic threat, Russia & America can be & are much more of friends than foes, provided we snap out of 'soviet' or 'neo-soviet' preconceptions. 'Neo-Soviets' don't exist anymore than 'Neo-Nazis' in certain now European countries. And, I use the word "foe" more than natural "enemy for domination".

[wetphoenix]

~In the scheme of (current) world events & matters, and particularly the Islamic threat, Russia & America can be & are much more of friends than foes, provided we snap out of ‘soviet’ or ‘neo-soviet’ preconceptions. ‘Neo-Soviets’ don’t exist anymore than ‘Neo-Nazis’ in certain now European countries~

Won’t ever work again. Following Obama, Russia is as much a threat to mankind as ISIS (and we all know his real attitude towards ISIS), right after Ebola :).
And it seems lile our residents russophobes agree.