He's got a point. Obama let Putin and the Russian Federation do what they pleased for his entire stay as President, he had the RESET button and the FLEXIBILITY during his 2nd term...and now all of a sudden we aren't being "hard" enough on the Russians? The Russians are barely a regional power, a substandard military, no blue water navy and a complete inability to project any real power. Their performance in Syria wasn't all that great although they came away with a total victory and humiliation of Obama. They will punch above their weight via political and cyber warfare means and leverage what they can to for small victories.
But, yes, we need to rattle the sabers and waste 2 generations worth of capital on a huge military buildup to make sure Ivan doesn't come stormin' through the Fulda Gap like the old days!
Bloody hell, how much more money is needed here? a defense budget of more than 600 billion dollars and a report the other day as revealed that the Army isn't even close to 50% total readiness. My god.
