I am not a Russian but an American who is a professional in this area and I just came back from a political fundraiser where we talked about these issues in detail. Congressman Rob Wittman (R-1st CD, VA) who is the Chairman on the House Armed Forces Committee was one of the primary guest speakers who raised these concerns.
Unfortunately NATO is not up to defending itself against Russia as its members have degraded combat capabilities because of socialist governments where defense spending has not been a high priority. Under Obama who has been a complete and utter disaster as CIC our military has suffered and when you have to go to a military museum to get parts from decommissioned aircraft you are in serious trouble:
These are also the plain facts being reported by our own military about our condition which is similar to when Jimmy Carter was our president. Here is an eye opening article written telling the concerns by some of our generals with recent combat experience:
http://www.politico.eu/article/inside-the-pentagons-fight-over-russia-us-eastern-europe/
I am just as patriotic or more so than you are but I am a realist and raise these concerns to reverse the situation where we are at. You and many others are just like many of the people described in Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” who revel in the glories of their past because they cannot deal with the realities of where they are when they have degraded in life. It is up to you and those like you to wake up and let your congressman and senators have it, go to town meetings and go vote to fix this situation.
> [I am] an American who is a professional in this area
Darth, don’t be offended, but you posted this:
“The Rand Corp just put out a study which showed that Russia can destroy NATO on the Eurasian continent in 60 hours.”
If you really do defense as your job then you are really really bad at it as anyone even casually following defense issues as a hobby can see how that statement is bullshit.
Shape up and try to suck less in the future!