Is There Any Republicunt Bastard Who Hasn't Been Sucking Russki Cock?

[Anomalocaris]

The boat for a mutually beneficial kind of better relationship with Russia sailed 15 years ago.  From around 2005 onward better relationship between the US and Russia is not possible without much larger losses to US interests.

In any case, better relationship with a Russia that overtly interfered in the American presidential election would just confirm to the world that not only is the US no longer a superpower, it is not really even very much a serious sovereign state, just a big fat one to be roasted over a spit and larded with an iron poker for the benefit of whichever foreign power can recruit the underclass of GOP dirty tricksters and get some fifth rate failure of a brat loser into the whitehouse.

Could you clarify why you feel like we can't have better relationships with Russia? Maybe the relationship soured when we interfered with their elections in 1996 in order to promote Boris Yeltsin. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-us-i...story.html Nevertheless I feel like our relationship with everyone is always open to improving. I'd be interested to hear more of your perspective on why you feel this is impossible with Russia, and also why (or whether) it's better to be more hostile towards them?

Russia is a large and geographically vulnerable country. She has been accustomed to maintaining her security by excerting hegemonic influence over her neighbors. however, Russian has neither sufficient economic power, nor attractive political system, or admired cultural attributes that allows her to hold sway over and assimilate territories she consider vital for her security.  Therefore her concept of minimal security interests requires the that she hold forceful hegemonic influences in areas now considered by the west to be in the western sphere of influence.    Allowing Russian to pursue her current idea of essential security interests is therefore incompatible with:  1. the maintenance of an economically prosperous Eastern Europe, and 2. Reduction of incentive for "old Europe" - traditional cold war NATO states - to pursue internationally policies at odds with American interests.

Relationship with everyone is indeed alway open to improvement, just not everyone at the same time.  You have to pick and chose better relationship with whom is more beneficial.