User blog comment:Eastward Expansion/The Russian Bear (Book Review Part 3)/@comment-1375165-20100802031225

So you agree then? NATO would not try to stop Russia, it would be up to America and a bloc of former-soviet states led by Poland (who would fight regardless of being starved of natural gas, since they're fighting for their survival essentially) to stop them.

The Russian government just now ain't all that free either, only a slight improvement on the Soviets, the main difference is their international image, which has improved a great deal.

Also I wouldn't really call democracies all that "cute and fuzzy" lol As Churchil said, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except all those which have been tried from time to time". Anyway, we're in for a pretty interesting century, one which I hope to see most of.