"Russia has never fought us directly, in the open, so to speak."
My post didn't say we'd ever fought them directly. It said "Russia has always fought WITH U.S. in the end"
I agree with all the posts that say they'd love to bleed us and I doubt we are stupid enough to let that happen.
It was only after Hitler had broken the non-aggression pact that we ended up on the same side.
After that war, they served as advisors to our enemies, supplied them with arms, and in general, fought us by proxy in Korea and Vietnam. They supplied the missiles which the Cubans aimed at us, not to mention their own strategic forces.
They have not been 'with' us since WWII, and then only united against a common enemy who had betrayed them.
Please, give that another think. They are in it for the Rodina, first, last, and always.