You know what was the "Cold War"?
GDP of the USSR was a maximum of one-third of US GDP, and yet still were Britain, France, Germany, Japan and so on!
Probably on the battlefield of the USSR could play at least a draw, ending the destruction of all life on earth, but well before that it did not come.
It was a very uneven battle.
The Soviet Union after the war with Germany was destroyed more than Germany.
And only the United States benefited from this war.
US subjugated Europe via loans after the war.
And the Soviet Union did not obey the United States, that's all.
And now the GDP of Russia and the West is probably the ratio of 1 to 10.
How Russia will weaken the West?
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Why wouldnt we? Turkey has been an important member of NATO for many years and were a big reason the Red Army didnt roll over western Europe, they perhaps feel rightly that they are owed EU membership. Poland, Hungary etc were in the Warsaw pact and puppet states for the USSR yet they are given membership. Seems strange to me.
America does start of lot of **** and to be honest are very naive in the way they believe everyone wants their form of democracy but they have more money and offer more in terms of trade than the Ivans do.
True ?
Well, for example in Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania, the Soviet troops were not.
It seems in Bulgaria, too, it was not.
Romania and Yugoslavia protested against the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
No one supported the entry of Soviet troops in Afghanistan!
Compare now with their current state of US slaves.
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Yeah the difference being most Russians are not naive enough ( apart from Vladimer12) to believe they are doing it for truth, justice and the Russian way. Yanks do actually believe that people want to be bombed and invaded so they can have the american way of life impossed on them because thats what everyone really wants..dont they
In Russia, a lot of different people and opinions, but now most do not believe the West.
They hate the United States and despise to Europe.
In contrast to the 90% support 25 years ago.
Just do not be offended ...
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You are right we are far better off allied to Russia than the bogus asylum seekers we have been admitting to our shores.
Europe must first be a Europe again.
Now Europe is in crisis.
The crisis is not in the wallets of the crisis in the minds ...
You can not fight against the Islamic state in Syria, while blowing into his territory is the Islamic state.