Robert Gates(Def. Sec.) wrote a 42 page chapter on Russia in his 2020 book. Did we blow it starting in the early 90’s? He really doesn’t answer but he was skeptical. Too much going on in Russia to trust them with a whole lot of money. He even brought up the idea of a Marshall Plan for them. That would’ve been too much.
I won’t read the entire 500+ pages but I’ll go looking for his quotes on Biden always being wrong.
Pat Buchanan blames us but he’s not in government so you must always consider the source.
Robert Reich, Sec Dept. Labor, famously said;
"If I was a young man with a thousand dollars to invest, I would invest a thousand dollars in Russia. If I was a young man with a million dollars to invest, I would invest a thousand dollars in Russia."