Pentagon concerns spike in pro-Russian sentiment among U.S. troops

[rangerrebew]

Pentagon concerns spike in pro-Russian sentiment among U.S. troops
11:31 (GMT+0000) December 9, 2019
 
The U.S. military officials have concerned the spike in pro-Russian sentiment among the households of military members.

More than 1,000 U.S. adults responded between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points to the second annual national defense survey conducted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. Almost 46% of the households of military members viewed Russia as an ally even considering the increase in tension between the two countries.

The Voice of America has reported that while a majority, 71% of all Americans and 53% of military households, still views Russia as an enemy, the spike in pro-Russian sentiment has defense officials concerned.

https://defence-blog.com/army/pentagon-concerns-spike-in-pro-russian-sentiment-among-u-s-troops.html

[The_Reader_David]

Maybe the folks in the Deep State should listen to the ordinary soldiers.  The only reason Putin's Russia is antagonistic to the West is that we continued to treat Russia as an enemy even after the ideological conflict of the Cold War had ended -- trampling on their interests in the Balkans, meddling in the elections of the other former Soviet Republics on behalf of anti-Russian candidates, backing the overthrow of the legitimately elected pro-Russian government in Ukraine,...

In the long run, Russia's and America's interests run together -- China will eventually covet Siberia, and we both have problems with Sunni terrorism (the Russians aren't in the sights of the Shia extremists because the Shah of Iran was one of "our bastards" during the Cold War).