What is Russia's major malfunction? I'm getting tired of their psychological problems being our problem.
The Russian navy can detect any enemy and launch an "unpreventable strike" if needed, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, weeks after a UK warship angered Moscow by passing the Crimea peninsula.
"We are capable of detecting any underwater, above-water, airborne enemy and, if required, carry out an unpreventable strike against it," Putin said speaking at a navy day parade in St Petersburg.
America and NATO would be happy to ignore Russia and go about their lives. It is only Russian hostility that compels America and NATO to bolster military power in Europe to face potential Russian threats.
But Russia doesn't seem to care it has created a NATO military foe by repeated Russian threats and actions over the last 20 years. I swear, Russians don't care if they are hated--it fits with their paranoia--as long as other countries pay attention to them--which fits with their apparent inferiority complex amplified by comparing modern Russia with the USSR.
When will Russians realize their leadership is Russia's worst enemy?
Well, other than China. But that's a whole other issue, with some hope for Russian sanity in regard to NATO, I think.
But in the meantime, the chest will be pounded and the poo will be flung. All to stoke Russia-NATO tensions that only China can benefit from.
