Wow that ' s basically super ironic considering they have been pretty much the # 1 polluter for the past few decades with their lack of environmental protections or pollution controls . It ' s along the same lines as making Saudi Arabia the lead in a human rights panel at the UN . <| sep |> ill do this trade . <| sep |> FIRST PLACE BABY ! WOOOOOO ! <| sep |> See that would be ideal , but at the same time alot of countries can ' t send their soldiers to die without huge domestic political backlash . Even if they could it doesn ' t make sense to do so . The US is more than eager to go ahead with it so why risk our soldiers . P . S . In my original comment I was thinking more so in terms of alliances with South Korea and wars on terror , but I do agree Russia isn ' t the threat it used to be .