Its not. Don't be taken in by the derp propaganda.
Bingo. The propaganda of the 1950s and 1960s -- which may have had its uses at that time -- needs to be forgotten and dispensed with.
Also, it should be remembered that we and the Russians were allies in both World Wars.
But what keeps popping into my mind the most nowadays is this: Per Occam's Razor, an aggressor nation will attack what it regards as an enemy or prey nation when that nation is weak. For 8 long, long years under O'Bathhouse, America was weaker than at any prior time in her history. Would have been easy pickings. Yet Russia DID NOT attack the nation. Seems to me that would have been the logical thing to do, had they ever had any such intent.
We may never be "besties", but they are not the enemy. In fact, we have the SAME enemy.
Pontification over. Heh. :-)
Also Russia under Putin is a nationalist nation, i.e. Russia First. Just like with President Trump we are America First. DC and the swamp, like you said, are stuck in the cold war mentality as Russia being a communist adversary, which is outdated and useless in today’s world. This outdated policy IMO is what keeps the military industry complex employed and keeps so many unneeded US military bases spread out over Europe. For a real communist all one has to do is look at a supposed US ally in Germany. They’ve had a cold war communist running their country for over a decade and just now are fed up with her, yet her replacement is a carbon copy. Plus the communist watermelon Green Party is very strong in Germany also. In today’s world affairs I’d bet we could depend or work with Russia, Germany heck no they’d stab us in the back. The EU is just a western version of Red China IMO.
Also Russia under Putin is a nationalist nation, i.e. Russia First. Just like with President Trump we are America First. DC and the swamp, like you said, are stuck in the cold war mentality as Russia being a communist adversary, which is outdated and useless in today’s world. This outdated policy IMO is what keeps the military industry complex employed and keeps so many unneeded US military bases spread out over Europe. For a real communist all one has to do is look at a supposed US ally in Germany. They’ve had a cold war communist running their country for over a decade and just now are fed up with her, yet her replacement is a carbon copy. Plus the communist watermelon Green Party is very strong in Germany also. In today’s world affairs I’d bet we could depend or work with Russia, Germany heck no they’d stab us in the back. The EU is just a western version of Red China IMO.