[higgmeister]

Look, I meant friend in the sense of an understanding that we will cooperate with Russia in our space program and cooperate with Russia against China's efforts to takeover all of Asia and the Pacific.   We could have been a trading partner with Russia instead of forcing them to make deals with China.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was on its knees, just as Germany, Japan and Italy was after WWII and we became friends, just as we could have been with Russia.

You are certifiable if you cannot understand that.

Rather than suggesting that I am a Russophile, how about you explain why you are terrified of the big boogeyman Russia or is it just Putin that makes you cry out in the night?

[PIF]

Why? Having been 4 km from 4 Russian Shock Armies, Russian nuclear target, any given 15seconds to live, conversations in Russian with KGB officers, observed Spetsnaz ‘clean up’ of 30 Russian kids listening to Western music, etc.