[Angelino97]

Nevermind the fact that Comrade Putin's stated goal is to REBUILD the Soviet Union.

Nevermind is correct.

Had NATO been shut down in 1991, had the West taken a friendly attitude toward Russia (as we did toward Germany and Japan after WW2), then Putin might not have seen any need "to REBUILD the Soviet Union."

[Timber Rattler]

Had NATO been shut down in 1991, had the West taken a friendly attitude toward Russia (as we did toward Germany and Japan after WW2)...

Uh, I guess you forgot about the Boris Yeltsin years...