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“These State Department things have been wildly biased for the entire (almost) 15 years I’ve been going to Russia. I just ignore them. It’s only level four because our idiot government decided to all but break off diplomatic relations with Russia (over the “election interference” first, then the SVO).”

So, you’re one of those “Russia is our friend” folks, then? Sorry, but I disagree. Russia is working with Iran and with other US enemies against the USA and has been for ...gee.. as long as I can remember. And for the record, I don’t trust that Zelensky idiot running and ruining Ukraine either.

Russia SHOULD be our friend, but the US is obsessed with / addicted to generations-old geopolitical paradigms that should have withered away long ago. Russia behaves the way it does on the world stage because of US and Western pressure. What else can they do? Roll over and give up? Not going to happen. The US needs to respect their existence and interests and work together when appropriate. When we don’t agree, we can compromise.

The way I see it, the same people who have a problem with Russia have a problem with Trump. Why? Because he doesn’t respect any of their “sacred” tenets of geopolitics. Russia, NK, Iran, all of our “enemies”? He would make friends of them. No one HAS to be enemies, they (and we) CHOOSE that relationship. Does anyone REALLY believe that Putin, Kim, Khomeini, etc. are just irrational, stupid, bloodthirsty men? No, they just have different interests and aren’t interested in rolling over (plus we have ****ed all of their counties at some time, to be fair). It’s time to learn how to stop trying to be the hegemon and return to diplomacy.