I think you are underplaying what the Russians have been doing a bit. I agree in many regards, but bear in mind Putin took the money the U.S. gave him to decommission the old Soviet nuclear arsenal and built a newer, bigger, much better nuclear arsenal. He now has more nukes than the U.S. and better ones.

He's also pursuing a policy of first strike weaponry. He just created a "doomsday sub" capable of knocking out Britain with one shot. And supersonic weapons. And satellite killers.

I don't think you can say the Russians are no threat to anyone.

I would agree the U.S. does act as the enforcer for the WEF and the U.N. and all these internationalist entities. We are far,, far too active and need to understand there are limits.

But Russia has a policy of control of all energy to Europe, and part of the problem we've had with them is that the U.S. tried to make an oil and gas pipeline system that would bipass Russia and their strategic ally Iran. Russia wanted to be able to squeeze Europe economically. That was why they invaded Georgia in '08; they wanted to kill the alternative pipeline system.

That is also no small part of why they invaded Ukraine; they wanted control of the ports on the western side of the Black Sea and they wanted to make sure their pipelines were secure. Ukraine had been fighting with them over oil and gas prices for a decade and were threatening to cut the line.

Russia is a regional power, not a global power as was the USSR. But it can still wipe out the globe with nukes, and it can still cause immense amounts of trouble.

I would argue that, yes, the United States sticks it's nose where it doesn't belong (and it's bankrupting us too) but I wouldn't go so far as to say we are a menace of any nation that isn't working with our enemies. But that could change as internationalists like Biden cement their power here.

I think American power has been a force for good by and large, although it's becoming a force for something else now. Post-Westernism and the radical ideologies that attend it have become our standard, and we are now promoting a dark religion around the globe.

Still, what would Europe do if the U.S. stopped defending her? Would Europe rearm, at great expense and forego the easy lifestyle of the social welfare state? Europe can afford democratic socialism, can afford eight weeks vacation and paid family leave and all the rest precisely because they don't have to spend money on defense. i seem to remember a huge outcry when Donald Trump suggested America could withdraw from NATO if member nations didn't pony up their fair share of dues. So many in Europe want our money and our support but reject our leadership.

Frankly, I believe NATO is an obsolete institution and should have been dissolved when the Warsaw Pact died. And the U.S. should pull all the military bases out of places like Germany. It would save us a fortune.

But Europe itself didn't want that.


Jim Novy responds:

The answer to your question is C. China is the country to fear with their unrepayable loans and exploitation of resources. Meanwhile, it is the Central and South Americans who are invading America...5,000

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