[aksss]

A reduction in appetite to fund European social programs under our security umbrella is not the same as being "allied" with Russia. They're big boys and girls and coming on a hundred years after their disastrous warring, it's about time their federated economy step in/up. Can the alliance not survive without our patronage?

[yks]

1. It's not like America didn't benefit from the arrangement. 2. While it's fun to kill geese laying golden eggs, the question Americans should really ask is what awaits them on the other side of their actions, and whether the upcoming arrangement is really going to benefit them more.