Sounds like Pinko drivel.
Inside every conventional Russian nationalist is the heart of a hardcore Soviet sycophant yearning for the glory of the old Soviet motherland.
That first part sounds to me like a reiteration of the unheeded warning given us by outgoing General of the Army and President Dwight David Eisenhower.
It’s way past time to STOP sending our kids to be maimed and killed fighting other peoples’ civil wars just so some sleazy politician can beat his chest and feel manly and to punch the ticket of some Pentagon brass hats who get to play with very expensive taxpayer furnished battlefield “toys”. And when our last guy leaves, the bad guys come out of their holes, murder the locals foolish enough to trust and cooperate with us then take over the country anyway!
Einstein defined “insanity” as doing the same things over and over while expecting a different result.