I really don't doubt what you're saying, although you're probably taking a psuedo-tongue-in-cheek mode, but it would be a crying shame if we would in fact lose

I really don't doubt what you're saying, although you're probably taking a psuedo-tongue-in-cheek mode, but it would be a crying shame if we would in fact lose horribly if it came to blows with Russia. We spend positively immense sums of money on our prized military -- leaving nothing little left for extras like a single payer health system -- and have posted said forces to outstretched islands and zones all over. How sad it is that we don't have enough tanks to fight the Russians successfully in Europe, for one thing. You can be sure that China, North Korea and Russia coordinate regularly with intelligence on the status on our military, ready to take advantage once the gaps make it possible.