Do you believe it's prudent foreign policy to embrace Russia and disrespect China?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[HoneyBadger]

1. I do not own a single thing from Russia

While 90% of items in my house are made in China

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. China is an emerging power. Russia is a declining one.

Wouldn't it make sense to try to have a constructive relationship with the emerging one?

Once you understand that Trump, Bannon, Flynn, and Putin see the world through racial lens their embrace of Russia and their rejection of China makes sense.

[HoneyBadger]

3. It would

The converse is that we buy so much from China that they need us as much as we need them

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. President Obama correctly said Russia doesn't make things; they don't innovate.

[HoneyBadger]

13. Russia vs China

I would love to visit Russia, it seems to have a lot of unspoiled wilderness, China appears to have pollution. I would go for the food, but nothing else. China feels like they are leveraging everything that they have, while Russia is taking its sweet time. For 2 superpowers, they could not be more different.

[In_The_Wind]

5. I won't buy these brands again.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I hope vodka doesn't account for 90% of the things in your house.

[In_The_Wind]

11. I don't believe my home is filled with 90% of things from any one foreign country.

[Ace Rothstein]

9. Absolute and Svedka are Swedish brands.

[In_The_Wind]

10. Whoops. See what happens when I google an answer instead of looking at the bottles I have.

[Ace Rothstein]

12. It is funny that the best vodka brands aren't even Russian these days.

[In_The_Wind]

14. All of my bottles of booze are at least 10 years old.

I decided to dust 'em off and drink 'em by the shot instead of mixing drinks.

I think that'll get rid of any russian made products around here.

[democratisphere]

4. Never bite the hand that buys your debt and produces

most of the items on the shelves of your stores. Russia has/is/will never be any damn good.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I suspect Russia isn't enamored with China...

I suspect Russia (Putin) isn't enamored with China and wants us to weaken China and in the process weaken ourselves.