The inclusion of ‘her allies’ was aimed towards us, not China, unless Russia just picked up a good stake in Taiwan.
Doesn't our government disagree with Putin on Chechnya?
To do a Stephen Ambrose on a movie quote, us being involved in Chechnya, is like another man sleeping with your wife, and afterward all three living under the same roof, but what really happens, is the betrayed husband buys a gun.
Whatever issue we may have with Pooty, the Russkies have been fighting the war on terror for hundreds of years, they have lived under the thumb of mongol tyranny for centuries in some parts of their country, they were massacred at Beslan, they were decimated in Afghanistan.
As far as I’m concerned, they could nuke Chechnya for all I care.. I don’t want to see us going to war with them to defend the birthplace of Stalin...