Why USA can not treat Russia like Iraq? S Turkman

A.

Top World Powers in terms of deploy-able Nuclear firepower:

1 Russia
2 United States
3 UK
4 France
5 China

These five are also the 5 permanent members of the UN security council - they are the only nations that posses both thermonuclear weapons and the ICBMs to deliver them anywhere on earth in minutes. 

B. 

Conventional Weapons: 

Russia has more Tanks, Armored Vehicles equipped with Canons, Jet Fighters, Bombers, Surface to Surface short range and long range Missiles, Anti Aircraft Missiles, etc than NATO in Europe. 

C. 

Except for only few, all NATO Members partially depend on Natural Gas, LNG and Oil on Russia. 

D. 

Tough US Sanctions against Russia can not be approved by EU and without them, they can not work. 

E. 

1. Russia is a Net Exporter and most of those exports are needed more by importing countries than Russia needs Foreign Exchange.

2. Russia is Self-sufficient in Food, Energy and Foreign Exchange Earnings. 

Natural Products: 

Russia is ranked ... 

* ... World's Number 1 in Production of Natural Gas, Diamonds, Platinum, Palladium, Nickle, Barley, Sun Flower Seeds, Oats, Rye, Raspberries, Sour Cherries, etc. 

* ... high in Production of Livestock (Farm Animals Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Camels etc). 

* ... high also in Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beats, Cabbage, Corn (Maize), Tomatoes, Apples, Carrots, Turnips etc. 

* ... 2nd in Production of Oil, Platinum Group of Metals, Mica, etc and export of Wood, Timber, Lumber etc. 

* ... 3rd in Production of Industrial Diamonds, Vanadium, etc.

* ... 5th in Production of Iron Ore, Cobalt, etc.

* ... 6th in Production of Copper, Molybdenum, etc.

* ... 7th in Export of Gold. 

F. 

Russian Export Earnings consist of:

* Crude Oil 33%, 

* Refined Petroleum 15%

* Natural Gas 15%

* Nonferrous base Metals 6% (Aluminum 2.5%)

* Iron & Steel Sheets & other Products 6%

* Iron 6%

* Arms & Ammunition 2.5%

* Machinery & Apparatus 2.4%

* Nickle 2%

* Copper 1.5%

* Coal & Coke 1.5%

* Chemical Products 4% (Fertilizers 1.4%)

* Food Products 1.2%

* Ships, Boats, Boat & Ship Propellers & Blades, Turbines, Military Sea Vessels etc 1%. 

* Wood & Wood Products 1%

G. 

Imports: 

1. Restrictions on Exports to Russia would take $ 350 billion out of Economies of Exporting Countries and increase Unemployment. 

2. Restrictions would force Russia to start manufacturing all the Imports at home creating more jobs for Russians and Foreign Immigrants in Russia. 

3. Restrictions would increase Russia's Self Sufficiency even more. 

4. Countries with their share in 2/3rd of Russian Imports, who's Economy would hurt the most if world listens to USA and Exports to Russia are banned.

1. Germany 15%, 

2. China 10%, 

3. Ukraine 7%, 

4. Japan 6%, 

5. Belarus 5%, 

6. S Korea 5%, 

7. USA 4.5%, 

8. France 4.5%, 

9. Italy 4.2%, 

10. Finland 3%,