[mrsmith]

Russian source...
But it’s a fact that Turkey’s future lies to the east, as does Russia’s.

The West is broke. Who wants a broke partner?

[Gen.Blather]

“The West is broke. Who wants a broke partner?”

I read an article recently titled something like, “The End of Globalization.” One of the article’s points was that the entire developed world was living on borrowed money. We are all Greece now, in other words. That includes Russia, China, Korea, Japan, etc.

I tried to find this particular article, and was amazed at the number of articles containing “the end of globalization” in the title.

https://www.google.com/#q=article+the+end+of+globalization

[BitWielder1]

The West is broke. Who wants a broke partner?

Who wants an unreliable partner?
Yes, I'm thinking about 0bama & Hillary effectively destroying what little order they had in Libya, Egypt and Syria.
That a NATO country rather ally with Russia would definitely be considered a FAIL for any presidency.
Except 0bama of course, different rules for him.

[Navy Patriot]

Russian source...

Yes, and it is just as sensationalistic as Western sources, but often contains gems you would never find in Western MSM, like this one in the second to last paragraph:

Cavusoglu said: The West tried to humble Russia during its hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by constantly bringing up the same topic concerning the rights of sexual minorities.

“You cannot turn around a relationship with such a huge and great power like Russia just because of one question,” he said, adding that when a relationship is reduced to such a low level, “nothing constructive can come of it.”

Homos "rights" are worth more to the US than Christianity, White people, or avoiding World War Three.