Originally Posted by
etudiant
Imho, Russia should be inside the Western tent, ***ing out, rather than outside ***ing in.
Detaching the Ukraine from Russia at the price of forcing Russia into China's orbit just seems dumb to me.
An opportunity missed in the 90's and 00's, when the thaw was beginning to take hold.
(Partnership for Peace, NATO and Russian troops working together in the Balkans, a desk in Brussels (though obviously not full membership, but a chance for one).
What could have been has been long since overcome by events.