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LTC Eugene Chu
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LTC Eugene Chu agreed. Russia sees themselves as legitimate peer/rival/competitor to the US. In their hemisphere, they feel as they should be the center of gravity. (China feels the same way).

Post 9/11 provided the best possible scenario for Russia and the US to put aside a Cold War’s worth of traditional global power struggles. Rather, the past almost 20 years have only reset the competition and ratcheted up the drama in different and more dangerouss ways.

Simply, short of an Independence Day- type invasion, a genuine US/Russian alliance is hard to envision.
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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Agree, IMO that decision has been made. The fly in the ointment is our trade between nations could suffer depending on long term goals.
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I think that Vladimir Putin has no interest whatsoever in alliances with the West. He is interested in influencing Western politics, but not interested in respecting Western societal values regarding freedom, individualism, and the social compact.
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SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint
SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint
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I agree....until China starts thinking about taking some of their land or timber forest.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Economics, Diplomacy, and Information, Military are Instruments of National Power.
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LTC Eugene Chu
LTC Eugene Chu
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