In today’s perilous times when old strong alliances appear to be disintegrating Israel must form a stronger alliance with the new strong kid on the block, Russia. It is a sad state but reality supersedes our wishes and Russia now has an equal if not deeper ability to truly help keep Israel safe then the United States does. Now it’s up to Israel to convince Russia that it’s in it’s best interest to do so even if means sharing a warm water port or agreeing to other demands that might have seen preposterous before the Obama Administration. Israel should move slowly for a new possibly more friendly U.S Administration is only 18 months away but much evil can occur during that period so Israel must learn to speak Russian in words and actions. When a void is left empty another nation fills it in and Israel doesn’t have the time to wait and talk it needs to act for it’s own survival.