[Petrosius]

Perhaps it is because Russia is militarily expansionist.

[Steely Tom]

Russia’s interests will never be aligned with ours.

Even if Earth was invaded by Little Green Men, Russia would find a way to align with them against us.

[Reno89519]

It sadly goes back to the end of the Cold War. Instead of engaging them, helping transition them to a capitalist and democratic society, we let our anti-Russian folks run amok, not accepting the end of the Cold War, we turned our back. I have to think we had a chance at a different outcome, but nope, we now have a challenge with Russia who should be our natural ally against the Islamic Cult and China.

No easy solution now.

[Georgia Girl 2]

All true.

[Neanderthal]

There’s no reason except that the MIC needs a good enemy to justify its existence and huge payroll.

[Nextrush]

The idea is to drain Russia economically forcing it into submission to the United States so China can be dealt with next.

The “Deep State” has been messaging China as a helper of Russia in the Ukraine War indeed signaling the ultimate end game to isolate take out China.

[Williams]

Unless I missed it, Russia has been supporting Iran, Syria, North Korea, and others for a very long time.

[Responsibility2nd]

Perhaps Russia supports our adversaries because we support theirs.

When and if the US stops its aggression toward Russia, relations will improve.

[Vermont Lt]

They keep getting drunk and walking into their neighbor’s home.

[piasa]

Because their leadership is evil, and they keep agitating and trying to cut us down by supporting Marxist takeovers of the US and every country they interact with, or try to keep Marxists in power wherever they find them thus.

Their communists didn’t just disappear when they switched the flag, any more than our communists became patriots when they threw aside their red color for blue. It is all just superficial so they don’t look like what they are.

[4Runner]

NOTHING makes the Muslims and the Chinese happier than watching two nuclear-armed infidel Christian nations clawing at each others’ throats. Keep it up, you stupid Zelenskyy-loving idiots.

[Ciaphas Cain]

Russia as a culture is afraid of invasion. They suffered under the Mongols and centuries later it was the Nazis.

They are pretty much paranoid about anyone and everyone.

[EnderWiggin1970]

It is one of the great geopolitical blunders of all time. Russia and the US should have formed an alliance against China as the latter rose to power, to protect both America commercial and geopolitical interests and Russian control over Siberia.

Instead, the hubris and powermongering neocon set drove Russia into China's arms. While they boast about "diplomatically isolating" Russia because the handful of has-been dying European states under Washington's thumb goes along with them, India, China, the growing BRICS block and everyone else carries on business as usual with Russia. It is Washington that is getting diplomatically isolated.

And that doesn't even get into geopolitical disasters like the wholesale loss of the Sahel, Afghanistan, the Middle East plunging back into strife and war after the Trump peace, and so on.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Because the military industrial complex needs an eternal war so they can grind out profit eternally.

[Seruzawa]

Both the US and Russia are self-sufficient. There is no reason to be enemies. However it is in certain people’s interests to keep the two countries at odds. That’s the crux of it.

[Kommodor]

I hear it was because the 80’s called and they wanted their foreign policy back.

I’m half surprised, but probably shouldn’t be that Trump, or someone hasn’t thrown that quip back into their faces.

[mowowie]

Ever read Starship Troopers?
Even when the entirety of mankind is united humans Still need an enemy to keep us going.
Even it’s a bunch of bugs on a distant planet..

[Grzegorz 246]

"A change in policy could change the global world order overnight."

It was tried many times...

[Fiji Hill]

Interestingly, the US and Russia have never been at war with each other.

[mass55th]

Because of Russian collusion, and Russian interference in our elections...or so said Obama and the RATS.