Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
Russia considered our invasion of Iraq to be illegal and opposed it, how did they punish us? Realistically larger nations can get away with more. We'd never fight the USSR and we're not about to fight Russia or start a second Cold War either.
Russia didn't give a damn about Iraq. It gave American a black eye in the international arena (making it that much harder to get legitimacy and economic support for the ensuing occupation) and that's the most it hoped to achieve. Russia had no obligation to protect Iraq and Iraq wasn't exactly seeking to join a major Russian-led organization. I bet we'd get a different response if we tried to invade Belarus or Kazakhstan.