“Russia is a Neofascist state with the preservation of Christianity as one of their foreign policy pillars.”
Neofascist? Fair enough. Not much different from the tyrannical communism of the USSR in practice though.
As for “preserving Christianity”, you have fallen for their propaganda. They simply have a state-run church that masquerades as “Christian” (just like the Nazis). It’s convenient for them to put on a pose as defenders of Christianity, but all of the commie bastards running that country are still atheists who hate Christianity. Don’t kid yourself.
“We have far less opportunity for political confrontation with such a state then with the USSR which was sworn to our annihilation.”
I would say this is true, but only because the Russians don’t have the ability to confront us toe to toe at the moment. So, they are practicing asymmetric warfare against us and our allies instead, and much more aggressively than the Chinese.
Really? Russia under Lenin and Stalin was one armed death camp. To compare Putin's current Russia to the USSR is like comparing Franco's Spain to Hitler's Germany. It just shows me the level of knowledge on the subject by those that spout it is below a History channel level of knowledge. And that includes the Ancient Alien programs. Below that IQ level.
Great posts from both you guys.
Oh no. Very very different. In a thousand ways.
Ever been there? Right. Russian armchair expert. Sorry, but you flunked on all counts in your post.
The Russian Orthodox Church is not state run.
At best, Russia’s support for Christianity is fraudulent. It fools the fools on FReeRepublic who buy into the weird idea that Putin is a devout and sincere Christian. They also ignore his ties to the anti-Christian mad mullahs in Iran and have helped Iran become a state on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons. Putin and Obama have both done a lot to make the world a very dangerous place. I cannot understand how anyone could support either one of these men.