I had hopes that Russia would join the West ideologically. Unfortunately, it hasn’t. It has instead looked for allies opposed to the West. Even at the height of its leadership’s enlightenment over the last twenty years, it has still supported Iran’s intransigence against the West. If Islam does become a bigger threat than Russia, it will have been with Russia’s help.
We forget that Russia still has ICBMs aimed at us. With Russian’s help Islam may someday have the same capability.
Clinton squandered that opportunity when he bombed Serbia. It gave the Russian hardliners fodder to point out that the US was still going to try to contain Russia.