Amrikėnų trolingas apie paskutinius Rosijanijos straksėjimus:
But to go to your broader question about the relations between our two countries, there’s no doubt that there are some vigorous disagreements between our two countries on issues like Ukraine and Syria most prominently. And I think we’ve been pretty candid about our concerns about Russian behavior, particularly with regard to those two countries.
But the Cold War — I’m certainly no historian, but the Cold War was characterized by two international superpowers who were in a sort of global test that was backed by the threat of the use of nuclear weapons.
The situation today is much different than that. Russia is no longer a superpower — observed in the last couple of weeks that the condition of Russia’s economy is weak and further deteriorating. They are now the 15th largest economy in the world, and they rank somewhere behind Spain. And their economy is getting worse. And Russia is isolated in a significant way — not just from countries in Europe, but as they get further engaged in a sectarian quagmire inside of Syria, they’re finding that the only friends that they have there to fight in a difficult fight with them are — is a floundering Syrian government and the Iranian regime.
So Russia does not have the same kind of influence around the globe that the Soviet Union once did. Russia does not have the kind of economic power that the Soviet Union once was able to flex. And clearly the relationship between our two countries has been significantly affected by that because in that time period the influence of the United States has only increased and been enhanced. Our economy continues to get stronger. And that isn’t just good for the American people, it also enhances our international influence, as well.
