We should invite Russia to join NATO. Now . . . wait, please hear me out. I have not take the crazy pills or for my mother’s generation reader, no I’ve not gone Red. Just think about it superficially. We as the USA are a very powerful “superpower” as we like to think. Very eligible. Good alone but we are not averse to a relationship. What do we have now. We have NATO and in NATO we have England, Germany, Italy, etc. What is the point really? To allay fears of Communism that really is not a thing anymore? To protect the Belgians against the Bolsheviks? Maybe. But what if . . . just maybe we have more in common with the Russians than anyone else?

Look at is purely superficially. Russian women are exceptionally beautiful. (Russian men are no slouches either). They love science, chess, physical fitness, exploring space, building cool stuff, winning, their gangsters are super hard core, etc. This sound familiar? They’re literature is really depressing. Though it is interesting and has really fascinating philosophical ideas. But they were crazy enough to send a dog into space before us, so who knows?

Then, also superficially, there is the supposed China threat. Everyone is worried about China. I am pretty sure the Americans have a little more in common and can learn a lot more from the Russians than they do otherwise. It could be a nice foible to an otherwise immovable mass. Alvin Toffler predicted something similar in the past but I would suggest a USA Russia alliance makes more sense than anything else.

What else? The USA and the Russians have a LONG history of cooperation in space. Imagine what we could do together (imagine what we could do in the “white world” when we have been doing it together in the “black world”). We have cooperated and shared secrets when it was beneficial to us both (Kennedy wrote personally to Kruschev, etc.).

Of course you must address President Putin. But honestly of the three currently negotiating this deal, two are former reality TV stars and another is former KGB almost lifetime president of a superpower. He is a master chess player, judo champion, and per the memes a “rider of bears.” At least give him the credit you give Trump for all his bravado. He wants attention. Let us all agree “you’re an amazing guy” and move on. (I am not praising him but you can also win FIFA’s peace prize while exploding drug boats – the world is not perfect).

If Russia is a member of NATO we could resolve the Ukranian conflict as a conflict among member nations. I suspect once Russia is a member the “conflict” disappears.

And why can Denmark be a member but not Russia? Or the Netherlands or whatever? Just superficially, Germany gave us the scariest bat poop crazy politics the world has ever known. England seems to not care very much what we do one way or the other. Italy is awesome and has a great space program. But then there is Russia. Who is absolutely amazing. It seems. They seem traditional. They seem to be going through a religious rebirth not unlike another single superpower. Also, my word, imagine the intensity of the first night of a USA Russia relationship. Disclaimer: I am married to a Colombian woman and I must tell you the makeup is beyond words.

There is nothing holding us back. Yes, yes, Russian is a hard language to learn. But so is English, so move on. Let’s learn another language if we have to at least we are advancing. I learned Spanish at 40 entonces todo es possible.

It is a shakeup and a divorce of sorts but imagine the chemistry of a USA Russian relationship. The pure taboo aspect of it should generate some extraordinary fireworks of creativity. Not to mention, God forbid, we actually get along and can maintain peace.