> I never understand why people like you think Russia has the right to decide what alliance countries get into, and why Russia has the right to unilaterally aba

> I never understand why people like you think Russia has the right to decide what alliance countries get into, and why Russia has the right to unilaterally abandon and go against international agreements that they sign Except I do not. That presents a false dichotomy, and a remarkably simplistic one at that. Nothing you wrote changes what I posted. I leave it to the reader to decide what to make of the 2008 text above, and the events that transpired afterwards.