[Navy Patriot]

I doubt there is going to be enough to give Pooty-Poot and his thugs a payoff too. The Russians seem to have decided then to go into oppositional mode.

Exactly, the Russians have a straight forward policy, 100% self interest.

They want what is best for Putin's Russian Empire, in the standard amount, everything you've got.

Witness Georgia, Putin used the Clinton playbook on the US, NATO and Bush, and got everything they had.

Obama just surrendered while he was shining Putin's shoes, to save time.

The Bear is back.

[colorado tanker]

The Bear is back.

Sadly, you're right. Fortunately, they still have the small economy, shrinking population, poor morale conscript military, and crappy technology that helped us win the Cold War in the first place. We may yet survive Barry.