What did our garbage ruling class expect from the Russians. In September of 1949 the Russians exploded their first nuclear bomb - just a touch over 4 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Of course the Russians were going to rapidly advance their military technology.
Oh I have a map posted to me on one of these threads that what the ruling class expects is that that utter incompetent dying of 1001 maladies Putin is going to take over much of the world, UNLESS we keep the Ukrainian laundramat going. They believe that the Russians are incompetent and will run out of stuff, well, 2 years ago, and they are going to take over the world unless we do something about it. The strategy is to irriate Russia, incite a color revolution and break up the Russian federation, which will happen because Putin and Russia are detested by the various warring factions in Russia. Oh and, if you think some of that sounds like problems we have at home, well don't even think it. We are superior in every way, and the Russians can do nothing. But if we don't worry and do something, they will take over the world anyway.
So, I don't know what our elite class of well-heeled dumpster divers believe, but that is what they tell me I should believe. Oh, and also, if you don't believe in keeping the rift going you are a neo-isolationist, which is, apparently a really evil thing.