Look, Russia's population is almost TWO times smaller than US and THREE times smaller than EU. Where is this large "horde" to come from?
We use volunteers exlcusively in the USA, so our numbers are quite small compared to the national population. Constription by Russia, on the other hand, could result in a huge force, though it would be a svery significant porion of the Russian population. If the "federation" rebuilds itself as a Soviet, then the fodder pool grows greatly.
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Their population is also older than ours and in worse general health. Where will their transport come from? How will they provide support as their hordes advance west? Who are their planners and General Officers, the guys who got everything wrong in Afghanistan or the guys who can't defeat the break-away Chechens? Where will the $$$$ Billions come from? Russia's economy is rife with corruption and inefficiencies. It is closer to that of Brazil than to ours.
This whole theory of Russia as the sleeping bear behind the world's terrorism that is about to awaken and dominate has no validity in real world facts or numbers. The initiate of this thread wants us to look left when the problem is to our right. He has an agenda and it is not truth or fact driven.