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Neither Obama nor McCain’s answers to the Russia situation make me happy. Neither of them seem to understand that marginalizing Russia, and especially Putin, is a terrible idea that will rear its ugly head. Just three years ago, people still thought nothing of Russia — a deadened, once super-power nation with no leg to stand on. Now, they’re a force to be reckoned with and that force will only increase. As Philip Longworth put it in his book Russia: The Once and Future Empire, “Through the centuries, Russia has swung sharply between successful expansionism, catastrophic collapse, and spectacular recovery.” And it always recovers. When Russia comes back to its full strength, we want to be allied with them, and certainly not against them.