re: Russia wants power and influence. Why do you want to help them gain it?

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How is it in our best interest to help them become stronger?

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How are we helping them become stronger? Are we sending them billions in foreign aid or something? Maybe you should ask Hillary and Obama why they wanted to help them become stronger when they pulled out of the missile defense shield.

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but the stronger they become the more in danger we are.

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Why?

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It may feel good to not have Russia and the U.S. having these little pissing matches with each other, but from a big picture perspective,

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So having these little pissing matches does help us?

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I don't trust Russia one bit.

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Neither do I? I don't trust Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or Pakistan or Israel or Germany or India. Should we start levying sanctions, kicking out their diplomats and threaten war with them as well?