THERE'S 3 QUOTES THAT COME TO MIND WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE CALLING RUSSIA AN 'ALLY'... "THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND." ~SANSKRIT PROVERB, 4TH CENTURY B.C. "KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, BUT KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER." ~"MICHAEL CORLEONE" IN THE GODFATHER PART II (1974); "KNOW YOUR ENEMY AND KNOW YOURSELF AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE VICTORIOUS." ~SUN-TSU, THE ART OF WAR