...and the bear learns. Say what we will about Russians, we’d have to agree that there are very, very, smart people there.
...and so they learned from the Cold War that making a lot of noise and threats results in two things, both bad for them. The cut off in technology that can have military applications, and it drives us to strengthen our military.
They quieted down, we went to sleep, peace-in-our-day, and they quietly modernized, and modernized, and modernized - with weapons now that are ready to go toe-to-toe with us, if not exceed us in some areas.
Obama, for all his horrible foreign policy, did do one thing right - when the S-400 missiles got deployed in Syria, he was about to challenge Russia for control of their air space - someone in our military got his attention.
Agreed. I think someone in our Military told him, if you order this, there will be full blown mutiny.