"And I'm doubtful, unless you're 70 years old you will see the day when Russia finally crumbles."

"It's still East versus West, and that won't change in our life times"

I'm implying the East vs West fight will end in the next ten to twenty years atleast the East vs West "fight" with Russia. Russia is digging deeper and deeper holes politically. They've reauthorized selling Anti Air equipment to the Iranians to guard their nuclear facilities in the event of a US preemptive strike, or if Iran decides to back away from the deal. If you are keeping up to date with the Ukrainian civil war recently there was an interview with a high ranking Ukrainian rebel that governs the occupied territory having a very Stalin-like picture of Vladimir Putin In full view. Last time I checked that's no good sign. Especially when Russia denied all involvement. That along with a proposed joint Russian/Chinese currency is a very bad sign of Russia's possible intentions. America isn't doing the right things either politically, however our stranglehold on the global economy makes many nations back down. As I see it World War three started In 1945, right when Operation Unthinkable wasn't engaged. We let communism take root in Russia, and now in a post-communist Russia many are looking for another great leader to take them out of the abyss they were in during the 1990's and early 2000's. The world is now on the verge of global war, unlike anything our species has ever experienced the entire world could go up in flames in a matter of months, being unable to see that possibility is either ignorance or a coping mechanism. As for your comment about secret activities, no we don't know all of them. But the ones we know, or rather are allowed to know of are in of themselves totally and completely evil. The fact that we waterboard people is evil. Now, as for the Russians they did tons and tons and TONS of evil things. Stalin killed more people than Hitler, and they were his own people. I'm simply stating that American espionage is capable of overthrowing nations, and despite our " Freedom or Die " mentality our government sure dosen't mind funding, supporting, and endorsing death squads, Islamic radicals, drug cartel leaders ect. And our way of learning about our evil operations is through whistleblowers, who are doomed to exile for life. That doesn't sound pretty open to me. It sounds like if someone exposes a human rights violation, or a corrupt agency they have to run for their lives.... Forever...