Russia’s biggest threat is China. Russia has what China needs in the way of fuel and food.
Agreed. Russia and China are allies of convenience. I doubt that they give one single schidt about each other. China will turn on Russia (and everyone else) when the time is right.
Another reason that the us Government should have welcomed Russia with open arms as brothers when the wall fell... but noooo. They increasingly continued to push them away.
Russia was only our "friend" when they were fighting the Nazis during 1941 thru 1945. It was mutually beneficial, we provided food, fuel, ammo, and weapons for them to stay in the fight and they bled the Nazis. The Russians appreciated our help so much that they spent time/money to repackage American lend/lease food so that the people would think that the food was still in domestic production. Even in a time of great crisis they wouldn't acknowledge that they were receiving American and British support to fight Hitler. Winston Churchill wasn't perfect, but he was spot on in his assessment of how far the western allies could trust the USSR.
