re: Why should the U.S. be an enemy of modern day Russia?

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We went to war in the former Yugoslavia in the mid-1990's and in Kosovo in 1999 to assist military separatism and self-determination. Now when the Russians are arming separatist militias in Bosnia who want their own Serbian Republic they're the bad guys. The height of hypocrisy.

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Actually, no. We went to war in Bosnia to prevent the Serbs (the same ones you apparently think the Russians should empower again) from "self-determining" the ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims. Russia's only a viable ally for us we if we were to become an oligarchy without democratic institutions, but as long as we're an open society with a free press, free and fair elections, rule of law in which all are subject, Putin sees that as a threat and he'll continue to undermine us, no matter how far we retreat and what concessions we give him.