Hoping that the U.S. has overextended itself (much as it did in Afghanistan in the '80s). In case no one has noticed, the cold war is still alive and well - resurrected in part by the current aministration.

Both the current US and Russian administrations have had a hand in restarting the cold war.

But it's really a three way tug now. Russia, the US and China are all playing for political power globally. Both Russia and China are weak compared to the US, but neither can be ignored and China in particular has the money to expand their power very effectivly. Russia and China both have a stake in the US coming down a peg, but they are not allies, both would like to replace the US over the other one.

Jay