German Admiral wants to appease Russia.

[Swampy]

Speaking at an event in India on Friday, vice admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach had said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Schoenbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved “respect."

I can't say if Russia should annex the Crimea, because that region is apparently mostly Russians; but he's totally wrong to say that we need Russia as an ally against China. First of all, China is declining, because its economy is based on a sham, and, second, NATO, along with Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and India, can easily take on both Russia and China.

We should take a hard line towards Russia.