Why can't we be friends with Russia

Because they hacked our election!

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then the "Russians" would have had absolutely nothing to leak?

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Discussing the content of the leaks or covering the transition of power fairly would legitimize the Trump presidency. We can't have that, can we?

Because they are unhappy with their present borders and jealous of our economy.

Read this: LINK /

I thought Barry told us the 80s called and wanted their foreign policy back.

We're on two different banking blocks.

We represent two different competing economies -- G7's vs Brics, the two paradigms of the world.

We can't be friends, but we don't have to be in a Cold War.

American and Russian interests globally for the most part contradict each other. There are some mutually beneficial goals we can work towards together though

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Better question is, "Why can't Russia be friends with us?"

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I believe that our two countries will come closer together as friends in the coming years. Why? Because it is In both of our best interest.

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Do you think that Russia is acting in the best interests of the United States? Or has been doing so? Or, that they are even neutral?

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I think Russia is of course acting in their best interest. Same as us. It is asinine to act in a way that ISN'T in the best interest of yourself. Self preservation works at all levels.

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Putin is all about his own power and Russian Nationalism. How does that align with America's interests exactly? Unreal.

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Well, as a leader of a country I'd be suspicious of him if he WASN'T all about his power and the power of his country. If your leader doesn't want to be the best they shouldn't be the leader.

Also, Russia has been a wonderful ally in the past. They saved the Frenchies and British asses in wwi, and had it not been for the grand Russian offensive beginning with the battle of kursk in wwii, well. Let's just say the world would be QUITE different. And there would be a shite ton more German speakers than there are now. Fact is, a war with Russia is a death sentence. Why would you want that? We should come together as two world super powers. It's happened in the past. And it will happen again soon enough.

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I'm pointing at Reagan. Ask him about Russia.

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Hm. A generation ago. Catch up with the times, pops.

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Also, Russia has been a wonderful ally in the past. They saved the Frenchies and British asses in wwi, and had it not been for the grand Russian offensive beginning with the battle of kursk in wwii, well. Let's just say the world would be QUITE different. And there would be a shite ton more German speakers than there are now. Fact is, a war with Russia is a death sentence. Why would you want that? We should come together as two world super powers. It's happened in the past. And it will happen again soon enough.

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Russia was never our ally. They were simply trying to survive, so we worked in alignment for a time. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. But, they are not out ally. Patton understood that. Truman understood it. Everyone understood it. Nice revisionist history, though.

Russian culture and society has always been autocratic. That is their culture. They are prone to dictatorships. After the Soviet Union fell, Russia lasted around 9 years until they elected Putin and his autocratic leadership - or, rather, until he took over. It was an aberration. They have no real democratic history or history of free society or institutions. They are not allied with American or Western thought. They are of the East and are an autocratic culture and society and will always be that way, unless there is some kind of fundamental culture change that happens.

This didn't used to be controversial amongst conservatives. I mean, progressives and liberals didn't get it, but conservatives always understood this. Interesting how times have changed.