[curioussavage]

Ah yes, the return of the Russian boogeyman.

Agreements like NATO do not promote peace. It's easy to be too aggressive when you have big friends who you can drag into your fights.

As crappy as trump is IMO there is a little more hope for peace. Hillary is such a hawk conflict was all but guaranteed under her administration

[estefan]

Russian military spending has increased in real terms for the last few years and they've ordered 2000 high-spec new tanks. What do you think they need them for?

[degorov]

...and it's still 9 times less then US' military budget alone.

[estefan]

Well that's the point isn't it. If the US don't honour their NATO obligations, there's nothing to stop a Russian land grab.