[silverleaf]

Russian and Germany were not fighting to destroy each other
German was fighting a war of extermination against the Slavs and Russia was fighting to survive.

What makes you think Germany would have withered had it crushed the Eurasian heartland?

Russia is not our mortal enemy
Someday we will need them to take a stand against China

China is the mortal enemy
Completely alien values to those we and Russia share

[Reily]

“...China is the mortal enemy
Completely alien values to those we and Russia share
....”

I think we can co-exist with China & its “alien values”.
We just have to be smart about it.

You want to talk about Alien values look at Islam!

Example:
If a Chinese person wants to talk to you about Taosim. You can laugh at him as you walk away if you are so inclined.
If a Muslim wants to talk to you about Islam, you might not want to laugh as you walk away.