Ja the idea that the US should police the whole world and contain the Russian thread is outdated. Russia is no longer the communist threat it used to be, they can have their few port/s and be a regional power without threatening the US or Europe. It will actually be good for the US if Russia get bogged down in the endless wars of the middle east.
I can see quite clearly you know squat about PUTIN
and
The NEW Russia
Russia no longer "communist" -- just like CHINA ?
Do you think that whether they are "communist"--or -- not // changes GEOPOLITICAL CONSTANTS ?
Changes the need for trade and resources
Changes the desire for -- TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
HOW did Britain maintain a GLOBAL EMPIRE ?
BRITANNIA -- RULES -- the WAVES ...........
1. When Britain first, at Heaven’s command
Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sang this strain:
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
2. The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
3. Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
4. Thee haughty tyrants ne’er shall tame:
All their attempts to bend thee down,
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
5. To thee belongs the rural reign;
Thy cities shall with commerce shine:
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine.
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
6. The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair; Blest Isle!
With matchless beauty crown’d,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
Unfortunately these days they cannot even rule -- BREXIT