"Russia, Cold War Style,"
There seems to be a lot of point missing here
The "free" former Communist nations are far more of a world threat than ever they were under communism - there was never a threat of invasion or direct interference from The Soviet Union, China, or any of the old states
First we had direct interference in referenda and national elections, now we have outbreaks of poisonings in Britain and the torture and murder of a foreign national in Saudi Arabia
This is now an international ball-game encouraged by the populism set rolling by Brexit - all the extremists have to do is wag a flag and make foreigners culprits and they are on a winner
Fascist parties on the rise, the Nazis back on the streets of Germany... we've been here before - throw in the Klan ready to take to the streets of Northern Ireland and Britain and you can include places we've never been]

"Russia - Iran"
How about your own flavour of the month Bobad - selling nuclear triggers to Iran, while at the same time demonising them ?
The Israeli leadership, as right wing as it is, is now at war with its own extremists over attempts to negotiate peace with the Palestinians

The fall of Communism was heralded as a great leap forward - now there is hardly a Continent on the planet where there is not cause for concern

As a young man, I took to the streets to oppose nuclear weapons - we were told they would never be used but were necessary as "deterrents" - not an arument I ever bought.
Now we are being asked to accept a world where only the extremists right nations - America, Israel, The Saudis..... have a list has been compiled as to who is fit to hold them, headed by a madman who boasts that "his button is bigger than anyone else's"
We need to hang our heads in shame over the world we have bequeathed to those who will take over, and we certainly need to stop pointing fingers and start to clean up our own dog-shit
Jim Carroll