The magnitude of the Russian threat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Moreover, growing military and strategic partnerships between Russia, China, and Iran enhance the power of all three.
58% : Concerning agreements between Russia and Iran include coordinated efforts to challenge U.S. space-based systems that play a critical role in intelligence-gathering and the monitoring of WMD programs and military activity.
56% : China and Iran have demonstrated overall support for Russia's war on Ukraine and no doubt expect Russia to return the favor.
51% : Russia, China, and Iran benefit from weapons and technology transfers, joint military exercises, and mutually beneficial breaches of sanctions.
49% : Russia and China use alignment with Iran to impair U.S. and Western influence in the Middle East.
47% : Over-relying on "talks" with Russia, NATO, the European Union, and the U.S. failed to impose tough preemptive sanctions on Russia's threat of all-out war on Ukraine, to give Ukraine the lethal weaponry (including surface-to-air missiles and tanks) it requested in a timely manner, or to establish decisive deterrence in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
43% : So should our complacency toward the global march of authoritarianism spearheaded by the growing axis of Russia, China, and Iran.
40% : Russia and Iran joined forces to save the brutal Assad regime, thereby gaining new footholds in the region and exposing the West's moral and strategic inertia.
40% : Russia, alongside of Iran and Hezbollah, backed the genocidal Syrian dictator, using air forces, militias, and a multiplicity of weapons and methods to oppress, terrorize, and massacre the Syrian people.
38% : The endless Western search for a "diplomatic offramp" to the Russian-made "Ukraine crisis" shows the West still hasn't learned that Russia, like Iran, uses diplomacy to buy time and cover for further aggression.
33% : With its plum role as intermediary between Iran and the United States in nuclear negotiations, Russia has produced wins for Iran -- wins that bode ill for the human rights of those targeted by Iranian proxies and the security of Iran's sworn enemies.

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