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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For everyone who regards Russia as "the enemy". Can I ask: who sets foreign policy in our democracy? [/quote]

We've kinda been trying to not be enemies with Russia, but Putin hasn't been cooperating.[/quote]

You know the Saudis are a putative friends and yet regularly undermine US interests? You know NATO countries and Israel spy on the US regularly? These are always complicated relationships and whether countries are allies or enemies is often a question of whether or not they serve the interests of the best connected Americans. [/quote]

Russia is not serving our interests as they laugh at us.  They are not serving our interests when they make military incursions into Georgia and Ukraine.  They did not serve our interests when they sold air defense systems to Iran(!) to harden them against a future attack on their nuclear program.   They did not serve our interests when they tested a ground-launched cruise missile in clear violation of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty signed in '87. The Malaysian airliner?  Russia.  Noncooperation in Syria, primarily because Syria has been Russia's client state since the Soviet days.  Russia's actions in Aleppo probably constitute war crimes.  And oh here's a gem: Russia is thinking about re-establishing a military base on Cuba: http://www.pravdareport.com/world/americas/07-10-2016/135811-russia_cuba_vietnam-0/

[b]Russia is not in any way a putative[/b] friend with whom we have some areas of competition.[/quote]

Even in the most generous understanding, this is too categorical.

Saudis fund Al-Quaeda big time. Including terrorists that target the U.S. and those that target the Assad regime. Russia bombs the ones in Syria. As a patriotic American, I am grateful for this. And if it also ruins the parasites in the military industrial complex who loot the public purse by selling snakeoil solutions (e.g. the F-35 and the many other DoD/intel boondoggles) to imaginary problems, it is a good thing.

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