[allendale]

Russian leaders can fantasize all they want. However if they were serious leaders they will have to come to terms with the fact that their Ukraine debacle demonstrated to the world that their conventional military is not the juggernaut that was once so feared and respected. Retake Alaska? They ought to be more worried about losing Siberia and their Far Eastern Pacific underpopulated rich territories to China. Without nuclear weapons,Russia would be much smaller.

[Paleo Conservative]

Russian leaders can fantasize all they want. However if they were serious leaders they will have to come to terms with the fact that their Ukraine debacle demonstrated to the world that their conventional military is not the juggernaut that was once so feared and respected. Retake Alaska? They ought to be more worried about losing Siberia and their Far Eastern Pacific underpopulated rich territories to China. Without nuclear weapons,Russia would be much smaller.

Given the general incompetence shown by the Russian military so far, I am beginning to have doubts about the competence of the Russian nuclear forces too. Nuclear weapons require lots of maintenance to remain viable.

[DoodleBob]

The outlined country is Poland, but Ukraine is to the southeast of Poland and slightly larger but of comparable size.

Dream on, comrade.