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Putin doesn't want to strangle the USA, he wants two things -- the grander is to have Russia as a respected power, an equal of the USA and the second is to enrich his cronies and himself

You are naive. Russia's nuclear war preparations-- his alliance with communist and Islamist countries-- his subversion and disinformation campaign against the West which depict us as the great "Satan"-- this is not how someone manifests their desire to be "an equal." It's the mark of an enemy, the same enemy they've always been.

By the way, you mentioned you live in Poland? Better be careful:

“We have to strike Poland and the Baltic States, where there are NATO rockets and aircraft. Since we cannot allow one plane to take off and strike Russia – we will have to strike first – half an hour before takeoff. And to be sure, we will be carpet bombing. America is not a threat, but the small midget states of Europe will cease to exist. They will be wiped out. Then NATO will have to beg us for negotiations. Otherwise we will give them again a May ’45.” – Vladimir Zhirinovsky, August 2014 (Television interview, 8.08.2014.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8w1gwm7EzU

Sorry, this is not naivety -- Putin is hard-nosed enough and corrupt enough to only think in terms of himself and getting respect rather than strangling.

Your statement has numerous holes:

1. "his alliance with communist and Islamist countries" -- by "communist", you mean Cuba, Venezuala and possibly N. Korea? all of these 4th world countries are little more than "let me see if I can annoy the big gorilla and teach him to leave me alone in my CIS back-yard Secondly, "alliance with Islamist countries"? Which ones -- Iran. That's it. In contrast, the USA is (disgustingly) in bed with the SAudis, Qataris, etc. all of whom are worse terrorists than the IRanis.

2. "his subversion and ...." -- those are ways of him trying to get his own back -- and pretty clumsy and stupid they are, so bad they convince no one

2. you quote Zhirinovsky -- you do realise he's in a different party from and opposed to Putin? Putin treats him as a useful idiot with his mouthing off.