No nation can resist the magnificence of the Great Obama!
Doomed, huh, I wonder if Putin knows?
An equally efficient killer of Russian men is vodka. They lost the battle of the bottle after WW II.
“Russia is doomed over the long-term, “
yeah? How long? And what kind of damage/carnage will it create before then?
Maybe the writer thinks we should just sit back and watch for the next 40yrs as it goes on?
Whistling past a graveyard. The whole ‘pillar’ thing is poppycock as it does not address their callous ruthlessness in which they operate in.
Russia’s greatest strength is and always have been a complete disregard to human losses - they literally drown enemy in own corpses. So, the only way Russia goes down is when they run out of people to through at you.
I thought the Russian birth rate was increasing?
FReegards
Russia is not “doomed” and its future is actually bright. There is no question that Russia suffered horrendous, irreplaceable genetic losses during the absurdities of the 20th century. Perhaps only China suffered more under communism. However despite it all Russia has huge resources and economic potential. Between 1870 and 1914 the German economic sphere was one of the world’s most dynamic. Western Europe with its declining and non productive population, chronic debts and dependency is becoming a burden for the Germans. Soon they will turn their economic focus again toward Russia. Ironically both Ukraine and Poland will benefit and be part of it. Putin is a Russian nationalist. His bloodless seizure of Crimea has enhanced his standing in Russia while a frustrated West portrays him as a thug. He is also reinvigorating Russia. The decline in the Russian population has ceased. Within a generation Central Europe will overtake the West as a power bloc. They will be the main counterbalance to a resurgent China.
PFL
which is like Aunt Pittipat saying: Stay here without a chaperone? It just isn't done.
This thread seems bugged... anyone else having problems with it?
Ah yes...the media has to downplay the Russian threat. Looks like the 0bama talking points hit the presses.
I think Russia is in trouble long term, just like Soviet Union was.
In addition to the problems the article mentions, eastern Russia is vast, resource rich, and sparsely populated. Right next door is a resource hungry China, bursting at the seams.
The correct strategy is the same one Reagan used against the Soviets. Arm yourself, protect your allies, strengthen your economy, and keep the heat on. None of which Obama seems interested in.
All this could have been avoided if we had acted differently towards Russia in the 90’s. We could have had a close ally if we hadn’t threatened to bring NATO right up to their front door.
Don’t know about Russia, but America has a fork in her.
Well, as a citizen of this Doomed Country I will make sure to translate this fine article and demonstrate it to my fellow orcs of Mordor. It is good to know that elves of The West have such great concern for our future.
Might be better to say America is doomed.
How? Will 0bama hold his breath until his lips turn purple to make Vlad surrender?
I know Russians who say they won WW2 not the ‘allies’.