Note to Trump.. When you dont know who to trust, trust only yourself.
Although Russia might be fighting ISIS, who are they fighting them for? Why are they fighting them? What is the result they are looking for? We already know the When and Where. The question is the Who, What and Why..
You need a REAL sit down with them and find out WTH. Remember that they are close to Iran as well as Red China.
“Although Russia might be fighting ISIS”
So how many ISIS dudes have Russians killed ?
Remember that they are close to Iran as well as Red China...................................... Yes and they share a portion of their border with them, a border that stretches 9000 miles long that they have to defend with a 135 Million population. Do you think with all the natural resources that are contained in Russia, they aren’t concerned about Iran and China? If you were a Russian leader, what would you do to preserve its culture and retain your boarders? The Russ are Europeans, decedents of the Vikings. Yes they do have a multi cultural mix which makes them more like the USA, thus we have more in common with them than Iran or China.
The Russia today is not the Russia of 1950, after Khrushchev took over, the Gulags were no longer what they were. When Gorbachev took over, everything changed. Maybe he realized that we had no interest in attacking Russia. Remember, with 9000 miles of border you always have to be on guard. Look at the problems we have with about 1500 miles on our south and 3000+ on our north without a hostile armed force looking at us. The enemy of my enemy is still my friend.
Remember the time we saved Russia’s ass? It was less than 100 years ago. They also managed to pay us what they owed us for all that help. I don’t care what kind of government they have, if it works for them and they aren’t hostile to their neighbors fine. (The Ukraine and Odessa problem is something they have to work out. Give a little take a little diplomacy is needed there. Khrushchev’s gift to the Ukraine should have been thought through first because it was still populated with Russians. (I get this info from German friends who lived in Russia’s southern region. They were the Russian Germans that Stalin moved away from the west when WW II started.)