>>Russia stopped being a threat good 30 years ago. I don't see them being threat today unless they are seriosely provoked.
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>30 years ago = 1978. I know the strength and passion of your opinions are much greater than your actual knowledge of history, but do you know when the USSR invaded Afghanistan?

What I meant was from 80ies and up. Ok make it 20 years to be on a save side.
But how does this makes your precious (s)think tankers (still stuck with Globe in one hand, and pen_s in another)
to be any less in the bunnies ?

Things got very complicated from 90ies and on;
How do we get to 'save the world' if there is no Arch-Foe to save it from ?!?

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>I do agree they are not a "threat" today - just a powerful nation with great resources and some dangerous weapons which is still trying to find its place in the world and trying to work out how it will govern itself.
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>And this is very much the opinion of the US policy makers you seem to misunderstand so completely.

Enlighten me.
What is that policy ? Winking at Shalisquashwilly in Georgia ?