Russia is part of the beast spoken of in Revelations during the last final, great world war in which 1/3 of mankind perishes. Russia did an about face with us on joint cooperation as soon as we interfered with Russia on the Ukraine issue during the Orange Revolution. I believe history will remember this as a huge mistake by the USA. It's a different world that Bush, Cheney and Donald Rumsfield are used to in how to spread democracy. Pushing further eastward using Nato is foolish. Truth is, the Internet is doing the job of pushing democracy for us now.
People all over the world truly see how we live and communicate with all of us about our opinions, way of life and they want IN. All we really have to do about Russia and China is be patient, the younger generation that have tasted some freedoms want democracy and will rule these countries in 20-30 years. The old commies with their stupid pride and ignorance will die off.
Unfortunately I believe it's too late to prevent the third world war. Our enemies believe us weak, terrorism is spreading, and our nation is divided over Iraq. Add to this our meddling in the Ukraine thing turning Russia into an enemy overnight and you now have a recipe for disaster.
See when you post garbage like that...no one takes your post seriously...
True. Some of the policies were rather shortsighted. I do not believe for a minute that the Russians or the Chinese will make good allies or come to the Western view of the world (in the East, they calculate - and the Chinese are more patient than the Russians, and therefore, more dangerous). The thing to remember is that they will only pursue their own interests. The argument for ignoring them is that sooner or later, those interests will be opposite to ours and any sort of alliance that may be in place will disintegrate. On the other hand, the same tactics may result in obstructionist politics from that corner of the world, and that would not be a welcome development.
...or maybe not. You forgot that part. :-)