[RusIvan]

Russia and China are more likely to be enemies than allies. China covets what it considers ancestral territories in Russia's southeast. Russia lacks the military manpower to guard its territory. Putin could be showing China his long-range technological muscle.==

It is intellegent assessment. I agree with you. Cheers:)..

[Bernard Marx]

Thanks for your comment. I was speaking in the long term; short-term alliances can be formed for immediate goals, as we saw with the Hitler-Stalin pact. Do you have any insights into Putin and his policies? Is he slyly trying to re-Communize or at least centralize his own dictatorial power? His KGB background concerns me.

I want to thank you for the information on your home page. It puts a different face on the usual version of Russian history accepted in the West and is very interesting and thought-provoking. I think every Freeper could benefit from reading it. Cheers back :o)