“One might guess that the people of Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, etc., would have a different take on this.”
If not for the Communist Revolution that wrecked an already weakened Russia (by ww1), none of those nations would likely be independent today.
Are we getting set up for a new war? WW III or maybe a Cold War Proxy fight? Looks like it. In a war Russia and her allies vs. USA and what few allies we have left might favor the bold. Would Obama fight if we are Nuke attacked by a Russian surigate? (North Korea? Terrorists? Iran?) —might he go to the UN? Russia could hit us several times with cyber attacks (they hit the White House computers a while back)—chemical, terrorist, what have you. Scary really. We could lose before we understood who the enemy is. Then there is China——
Jeepers, I didn't think that our pro-Russian FReepers would descend to that level of imbecility.