It keeps your attention off the real enemy, Communist China, Communists China, Communists China.
Russia and communist China have never had a closer military and economic alliance than they do right now. They've been conducting massive joint war games since 2005. Given that Hannity, Limbaugh, Levin, and damn near every other right-wing commentator knows (or knew) next to nothing about this, and so rarely if ever touched upon it, neither do most people. But this doesn't mean it isn't a cold hard fact. Also in the alliance are Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and several other dangerous hard left and islamo-nazi regimes. Dems of course have been nothing but helpful to this alliance, despite all their BS "tough talk" on Russia and China.