02-05-2017, 03:40 AM
(02-04-2017, 04:46 PM)Mikebert Wrote: The Russian stance is curious. Both Putin and Trump are alpha males. The US is far stronger than Russia, so why is Trump being submissive?
Russia has as many nukes as we do, so we're not much stronger than them militarily. And our natural areas of current geopolitical interest don't conflict that much. Thus, Trump is polite, though his reiteration of demands for Russia to vacate eastern Ukraine and the Crimea are hardly submissive.