I think he may be trying to revive the cold war as a little “pay back” on us.
He thinks he can hurt us economically by making us spend cold war style while we are engaged in an expensive war on terror.
He is mistaken. He’s pissing away his oil funds playing a game in which we will, ultimately, hand him his azz.
He may be a shrewd politician but he obviously can’t count.
It may be the Chinese when they take the natural resources in Siberia.