the US offers Russia the sanctions US intends to impose - is this a lay down misere, page-61

"No I don't believe the US/NATO will be satisfied until both Russia and China are dissolved into impotent little statelets which are more easily exploited and manipulated. ". ...... fair enough..... strongly held opinions such as this, I won't argue. I don't know about these but I do suspect, and you may be right.