The Cold War was real and based on soviet actions and intentions.
The Cold War is over, and the Soviet Union is gone.
Putin is NOT a threat to anyone not on his borders.
There is not reason to NOT have good relations with Russia, even an alliance.
then why is putin still snatching land that doesn't belong to him?
I assume that that is a reference to the Crimea?
Answer: I don't care.
Don't Cosset the Cossacks
The Ukraine didn't fight for its independence, so it has no right to it. It was never a country before, and it won't be one much longer. The whining parasites are nothing but a colony of NYETO. Its flag tells it all: "Being Yellow Gives Us the Blues." Its "coat of arms" looks like a tennis racket.
Let Ukraine be a warning on three fronts sage.
(1) After the USSR fell Ukraine had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world (though C&C was problematic ). The US talked them into disarming in return for assurances they would be protected. Suckers.
(2) Ukraine is barely a viable state thanks to Russification. Similar to the Islamization of Europe and the US going on today. Immigrants are invaders. The Ukrainians have to deal with the fact that 40% of their population are ethnic Russians and Russian speakers.
(3) when you allow globalists into your country to serve their agenda using your people you suffer for it. Euromaiden was a creation of American liberals. Once they had fomented rebellion against the elected president of Ukraine they went home. John Kerry and Obama sleep snug in their mansions while Ukrainians fight their war.