[ansel12]

Sorry, I didn't realize that, but yes, you are thinking of the Russia that Reagan brought down, today those Warsaw pact nations that Russia held in slavery are not only not available to Russia, they are part of NATO today.

Tanks aren't what they used to be, and Russia could never launch a successful attack against NATO, and the oceans, and the skies, they aren't even structured the way they used to be, they used to be built for attack, and of course Russia is incapable of protecting itself on it's other borders and from internal rebellion if it committed it's small military against NATO, or lost the bulk of it in war.

[Jack Hammer]

I didn’t know any of that; my views of the Russian Bear are hopelessly out of date, and tied to the Cold War - when I was not yet an old, old guy.

Thanks for the education.