Just off the top of my head do you recall the Syrian debacle, the Libyan debacle the Russians are on the ascent and where are we heading!!!!!
Because the dictator they are propping up in Syria is still clinging to power?
Wow, what an achievement.
Maybe because the ruble has lost almost 25% of its value in the past year?
Great success.
Or that its GDP growth is 1.2%, well below the US?
Sounds great.
Or that the average Russian, despite the enormous commodity boom that is now collapsing, still only makes a quarter what the average American does?
Maybe that there have been 35 Russians killed in terrorist bombings on Russian soil in the last three months, as opposed to the US with 3 in the past ten years?
Achievements like those?
Where exactly is Russia heading?
One last question: would you rather stay in a hotel room in Sochi or in Salt Lake City?