U.S./Saudi Arabia Relations

[Benton]

(12-10-2015, 01:40 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I don't get the recent fascination with Russia some folks have these days. I'm given to understand from some people that among those in power and in many of the populous there is a sense of nostalgia occurring. They long for the days of the USSR as a world power and want to get back to that, including the animosity with the U.S.

Obviously this isn't my first hand knowledge, but more like third hand, but given the popularity of Putin and what he has been doing, I would say it seems pretty legit.

That's a good theory.

Personally, I think they misunderstood the cold war. I think they thought when it was over, Russia would be the 51st state. We'd put a McDonald's there, take all their oil, pile up their nukes and drink all their vodka. Instead, they just sort of faded away and we didn't get to "win" anything.