Russia and the US will never be best pals, we’ll always be rivals to a degree, it’s just how we’re wired. But, at least, we can recognize where we have common interests, and work together where they exist.
Countries do not have friends. They have interests.
As you say, we have a common interest in this case...
...the last time we had a common interest we crushed The Axis.
That’s a choice.
Good brief analysis, FRiend.
We are competitors. A competitor isn’t necessarily your enemy.
You can learn things by watching what your competitors do.
And I might add, I find it impossible to hate a culture that gave us Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Solzhenistyn, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Shostakovich.
Especially Shostakovich.