Obama colluded with Putin to release Lebanese terrorist that targeted Americans

[Benton]

(12-19-2017, 12:22 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Thanks will look that stuff up.  

Russia ally’s with China to protect them on one side given the threat from the west.   If they were to ally with us they would have no need to need china for the defense of their country.    Once their western border was safe they could get tougher on China and we could work together to tone that region down.    Same with the ME.

China occupies a good chunk of their south side. Outside of people on the western side not wanting to fight Russia and China, not sure how it impacts their western front. But even with China out of the picture, most countries know you can't fight Russia through the wester approach, it's too much ground to cover. And in modern warfare, there wouldn't be any point in it. A southern approach from China or eastern approach from Japan would make more sense.

Outside of a stronger economy (for now) and a bigger military (for now), there's not much you can offer Russia that would make them balk at China. The risk would be too great. Unless we're going all in on Communism, extreme anti-middle class policies and violating most of our Constitution, us teaming up with Russia, China and Iran doesn't work out well.