Whatever way you look at it Trump is an idiot without honor. It does not matter why he back flipped. A completely dishonorable person. Russia and China are still considering there response. It will come and be substantial. I have never seen Lavrov so angry and tense as he was the other day when he met with Tillerson…

I’ll can never understand why Post-Soviet USA is so determined to make Russia walk the same path as the USA. Two powerful countries should be able to share interests and prestige on the world stage but at the same time be allowed to be different.

I would agree. Probably costs a fraction of what it costs to maintain a B52 has a big payload, long range and is only slightly slower. Pity it is on the way out. Does anybody know if later builds are more comfortable and less noisy.

You are correct. The present policies in Russia have nothing to do with leadership. It is all to do with Putin reading his public well and implementing what the vast majority want. Gorbachev and Yeltsin failed in that area. Unlike most Western Governments of today he represents the vast majority of Russians in the…

You nailed it.

If your predictions are correct how do you explain about 95% in Crimea are happy to be part of the Russian Federation again. That includes a majority of Tartars. How do you explain about 80% of Ukranian Military in Crimea signed up with the Russian Military despite being offfered a years pay if they reiigned. Yet you…

You sum it up well. The USA ends up in trouble and is losing more and more respect all the time simply by treating all the world as its backyard. As an Australian we also get annoyed. Only a few months ago the US Ambassador here challenged an Australian Government decision to allow a Chinese Company to in effect lease…