So concludes America's leading Russian expert, Professor Stephen Cohen (Princeton and New York University).  http://www.globalresearch.ca/russia-has-not-seen-such-amassing-of-hostile-military-forces-on-its-borders-since-1941/5526562

Professor Cohen asks if Washington is sleepwalking and needs to wake up or whether Washington has gone crazy and intends war.

Pepe Escobar advises Washington to "beware what you wish for: Russia is ready for war." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44725.htm 

Escobar reports that recently the Rand Corporation, "essentially a CIA outpost," concluded that "Russia could overrun NATO in a mere 60 hours, if not less." On the level of nukes and missile systems, Russia is four generations ahead of the US military/security complex, which is mainly interested in inflating profits with cost overruns. US weapons systems are simply outclassed.